Graft loss following renal transplantation in Australia: Is there a centre effect?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1099-1104

  Briganti, Esther M ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Russ, Graeme R ^b   Eris, Josette M ^c   Walker, Rowan G ^d   McNeil, John J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centre effect; Graft loss; Hierarchical analysis; Registry; Renal transplantation; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEMODIALYSIS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RACE; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0035992046     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.6.1099     Document Type: Article

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