Dialysis in old age - Are we really doing all we should?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 503-504

  Jassal, S Vanita ^a,b   Roscoe, Janet M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0032868813     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.5.503     Document Type: Short Survey

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