Access to dialysis in New Zealand renal services

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1175, 2003, Pages

  Collins, John ^a   Metcalf, Patricia ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VASCULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0038113092     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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