Journal article
Rehabilitation in a primary care setting for persons with chronic illness – a randomized controlled trial
Abstract
The primary objective of this study was to determine whether adults with a chronic illness within a primary care setting who received a rehabilitation intervention in this setting showed greater improvement in health status and had fewer hospital admissions and emergency room visits compared with adults who do not receive the intervention. More than half of Canadians (16 million people) live with chronic illness. Persons with chronic illness in …
Authors
Richardson J; Letts L; Chan D; Stratford P; Hand C; Price D; Hilts L; Coman L; Edwards M; Baptiste S
Journal
Primary Health Care Research & Development, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 382–395
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
October 2010
DOI
10.1017/s1463423610000113
ISSN
1463-4236