How much better can we predict dialysis patient survival using clinical data?

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 365-375

  Mesler, Douglas E ^a   Byrne Logan, Susan ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a   Ash, Arlene S ^a   Moskowitz, Mark A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Case mix; Dialysis; End stage renal disease (ESRD); Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032913710     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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