Mortality, Hospital Admissions, and Medical Costs of End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States and Manitoba, Canada

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 686-700

  Hornberger, John C ^a,d   Garber, Alan M ^a,b   Jeffery, John R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health economics; Health services research; Hemodialysis; International studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANITOBA; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031178360     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199707000-00003     Document Type: Article

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