Outcomes of Care among Patients Admitted to the Rehabilitation Unit of a Specialist Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Nigeria

Onofa L.U.

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Onofa L.U.

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rehabilitation, socio-demographics, clinical diagnoses, achieve discharge, activities of daily living

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Outcomes of Care among Patients Admitted to the Rehabilitation Unit of a Specialist Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Nigeria. (2014). Global Journal of Medical Research, 14(36), 19-25. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/

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