Research Article
Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy in Acute Stroke: Do Rural Patients Receive Less Therapy?
| | Occupational therapy and physiotherapy combined | Rural hospitals | Metropolitan hospital | Total | value |
| | Age in years: mean (SD) | 75.2 (12.8) | 71.3 (14.4) | 73.2 (13.8) | 0.0001 | | Died < 10 d after stroke: (%) | 20 (5%) | 28 (7%) | 48 (6%) | 0.2897 | | Seen < 24 h of admission: (%) | 151 (41.6%) | 205 (54.4%) | 323 (43.7%) | 0.2697 | | Seen < 24 h of referral: (%) | 318 (87.9%) | 351 (93.1%) | 669 (90.5%) | 0.0147 |
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d: days; h: hours; : significant.
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