Mortality and Duration of Hemodialysis Treatment

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 265, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 871-875

  Held, Philip J ^a   Levin, Nathan W ^b   Bovbjerg, Randall R ^a   Pauly, Mark V ^c   Diamond, Louis H ^d  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d District of Columbia General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026100716     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03460070053041     Document Type: Article

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