Improving the care of patients treated with hemodialysis: A report from the health care financing administration's core indicators project

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 584-592

  McClellan, William M ^a   Soucie, J Michael ^b   Krisher, Jenna ^b   Caruana, Ralph ^b   Haley, William ^b   Farmer, Charles ^b  

^a Clark Holder Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Continuous quality Improvement; Dialysis adequacy; ESRD; Urea reduction ratio

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031944021     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.1998.v31.pm9531173     Document Type: Article

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