Coping with the CKD epidemic: The promise of multidisciplinary team-based care

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-12

  Mendelssohn, D C ^a  

^a HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Patient survival; Pre dialysis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13444284055     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh636     Document Type: Editorial

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