American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
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Am J Phys Med Rehabil · Jul 2007
Predicting discharge of trauma survivors to rehabilitation: a sampling frame solution for a population-based trauma-rehabilitation survey.
To conduct a population-based survey among trauma survivors on accessibility to rehabilitation services in metropolitan, urban, and rural areas in Quebec (Canada), we attempted to use trauma registries as a sampling frame of subjects discharged to rehabilitation. Discharge destinations were inaccurate in many registries, preventing straightforward identification of the survey subjects. Using the best registry data, we aimed to identify predictors of rehabilitation discharge and to use them to specify a reliable sampling frame for the survey. ⋯ The procedure helped us bypass largely inaccurate data from trauma registries. The sampling frames reflected severely injured trauma survivors who were likely to have been referred to postacute rehabilitation.