For-profit versus not-for-profit dialysis care for children with end stage renal disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 519-524

  Furth, Susan L ^a,d   Hwang, Wenke ^a,b   Neu, Alicia M ^a   Fivush, Barbara A ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; For profit care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032849661     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.3.519     Document Type: Article

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