The Southern Alberta Renal Program database: A prototype for patient management and research initiatives

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 164-170

  Manns, B J ^a   Mortis, G P ^a   Taub, K J ^a   McLaughlin, K ^a   Donaldson, C ^a   Ghali, W A ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LABORATORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBERTA; DATABASES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034800013     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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