Frequency of patient-physician contact in chronic kidney disease care and achievement of clinical performance targets

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-121

  Plantinga, Laura C ^a   Jaar, Bernard G ^a,b   Fink, Nancy E ^a,b   Sadler, John H ^c   Levin, Nathan W ^d   Coresh, Josef ^a,b   Klag, Michael J ^a,b   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Independent Dialysis Foundation   (United States)

^d RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Clinical performance; Patient outcomes; Patient physician contact; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16844378213     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi010     Document Type: Article

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