Relative risk and economic consequences of inpatient care among patients with renal failure

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 751-762

  Thamer, Mae ^a   Ray, Nancy Fox ^a   Fehrenbach, Sheila Nicole ^a   Richard, Christian ^a   Kimmel, Paul L ^b  

^a Med Technol Pract Patterns Inst   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable costs; Chronic renal failure; ESRD; Hospital costs; Pre ESRD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; UREMIA;

EID: 0030357602     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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