Resource utilization among kidney transplant recipients

Kidney International

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 657-664

  Khan, Samina ^a   Tighiouart, Hocine ^b   Kalra, Aarti ^b   Raman, Gowri ^b   Rohrer, Richard J ^b   Pereira, Brian J G ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Kidney transplant; Outpatient visits

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037781819     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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