Health care utilization in persons with traumatic spinal cord injury: the importance of multimorbidity and the impact on patient outcomes

V Noonan, N Fallah, S Park… - Topics in spinal …, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background: Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community have high health
care utilization (HCU). To date, the interrelationships among multiple secondary health …

Multimorbidity in persons with non-traumatic spinal cord injury and its impact on healthcare utilization and health outcomes

HA Hong, N Fallah, D Wang, CL Cheng, S Humphreys… - Spinal Cord, 2023 - nature.com
Study design Cross-sectional survey in Canada. Objectives To explore multimorbidity (the
coexistence of two/more health conditions) in persons with non-traumatic spinal cord injury …

Association of various comorbidity measures with spinal cord injury rehabilitation outcomes

SD Horn, RJ Smout, G DeJong, MP Dijkers… - Archives of physical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the amount of variation in short-and medium-term spinal cord injury
(SCI) rehabilitation outcomes explained by various comorbidity measures, over and above …

[HTML][HTML] Health conditions: effect on function, health-related quality of life, and life satisfaction after traumatic spinal cord injury. A prospective observational registry …

CS Rivers, N Fallah, VK Noonan, DG Whitehurst… - Archives of physical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze relations among injury, demographic, and environmental factors on
function, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and life satisfaction in individuals with …

Health care utilization in non-traumatic and traumatic spinal cord injury: a population-based study

SJT Guilcher, SEP Munce, CM Couris, K Fung… - Spinal cord, 2010 - nature.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort design. Objectives: To compare socio-demographic,
impairment characteristics and utilization (physician and emergency department (ED) visits) …

Healthcare utilization following spinal cord injury: objective findings from a regional hospital registry

S Sikka, L Callender, S Driver, M Bennett… - The journal of spinal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The purpose was to describe the prevalence and characteristics of healthcare
utilization among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) from a Level I trauma center …

Models of care delivery from rehabilitation to community for spinal cord injury: a scoping review

C Ho, K Atchison, VK Noonan, N McKenzie… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a chronic condition that results in high healthcare utilization and
lifetime cost across the care continuum. In the absence of a standardized model of care …

Understanding quality of life in adults with spinal cord injury via SCI-related needs and secondary complications

S Sweet, L Noreau, J Leblond… - Topics in spinal cord …, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background: Understanding the factors that can predict greater quality of life (QoL) is
important for adults with spinal cord injury (SCI), given that they report lower levels of QoL …

Perspectives on life following a traumatic spinal cord injury

AG Hall, A Karabukayeva, C Rainey, RJ Kelly… - Disability and health …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Persons living with traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) face challenges when
returning to their communities. The Spain Rehabilitation Center at the University of Alabama …

Nontraumatic vs. traumatic spinal cord injury: a rehabilitation outcome comparison

WO McKinley, RT Seel, RK Gadi… - American journal of …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Nontraumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) represents a significant proportion of
individuals admitted for SCI rehabilitation; however, there is limited literature regarding their …