Open AccessRehabilitation of Combat-Related Injuries in the Veterans Administration: A Web of Support
Author(s) -
P. R. Howell,
Bruce P. Capehart,
Helen Hoenig
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
north carolina medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2379-4313
pISSN - 0029-2559
DOI - 10.18043/ncm.76.5.323
Subject(s) - veterans affairs , rehabilitation , administration (probate law) , medicine , medical emergency , physical therapy , political science , law
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides acute, subacute, and continuing rehabilitation for veterans using a hub-and-spoke system of hospitals and outpatient facilities. Using traumatic brain injury as an example, this commentary illustrates how this system provides interdisciplinary rehabilitative care to veterans throughout North Carolina.
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