General health of End Stage Renal Disease Program beneficiaries

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-144

  Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a   White, Alan J ^b   Andrea Hassol, M S P H ^b   Michael Murphy, B S ^b  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031462036     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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