Patient's view of dialysis care: Development of a taxonomy and rating of importance of different aspects of care

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 793-801

  Rubin, Haya R ^b   Jenckes, Mollie ^b   Fink, Nancy E ^b   Meyer, Klemens ^b   Wu, Albert W ^b   Bass, Eric B ^b   Levin, Nathan ^b   Powe, Neil R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Patient satisfaction; Peritoneal dialysis; Qualify of life; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0030786673     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(97)90084-6     Document Type: Article

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