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The authors of this report are convinced that many more civilian centres are needed and that they should be strategically placed throughout the country to make them geographically accessible to all persons in the United States. The recommended number of beds in a Centre is a minimum of 25, but not over 90 to 100.
This report provides no cause for complacency; rather it focuses upon the need for more centres to treat patients; for more effective safety and accident prevention programmes; and for better reporting of case histories by both acute and rehabilitation institutions. It challenges the experience and interest of trained professional personnel to anticipate, propose, and execute studies which will identify, document, follow, and evaluate care of spinal cord injuries. More comprehensive publication of findings is needed to furnish guidelines for improved care, education, and prevention.
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Guttmann, Sir Ludwig (1967). History of the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoek-Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Paraplegia, 5. 115–126.
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The centre described in this paper was supported in part by a Social and Rehabilitation Services Grant (RD 3012-M-69).
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Wilcox, N., Stauffer, E. & Nickel, V. A statistical analysis of 423 consecutive patients admitted to the Spinal Cord Injury Center, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, 1 January 1964, through 31 December 1967. Spinal Cord 8, 27–35 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1970.5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1970.5