Opinions regarding outcome differences in European and US haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2616-2620

  Ronco, Claudio ^a   Marcelli, Daniele ^b  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Dialysis Transplant Registry L   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033281410     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.11.2616     Document Type: Article

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