TY - JOUR AU - Buijck, Bianca I. AU - Zuidema, Sytse U. AU - Eijk, Monica Spruit-van AU - Bor, Hans AU - Gerritsen, Debby L. AU - Koopmans, Raymond TCM PY - 2012 DA - 2012/12/04 TI - Is patient-grouping on basis of condition on admission indicative for discharge destination in geriatric stroke patients after rehabilitation in skilled nursing facilities? The results of a cluster analysis JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 443 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Geriatric stroke patients are generally frail, have an advanced age and co-morbidity. It is yet unclear whether specific groups of patients might benefit differently from structured multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs. Therefore, the aims of our study are 1) to determine relevant patient characteristics to distinguish groups of patients based on their admission scores in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and (2) to study the course of these particular patient-groups in relation to their discharge destination. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-443 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-12-443 ID - Buijck2012 ER -