Variability in quality of care among dialysis units in western Switzerland

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1854-1863

  Saudan, Patrick ^a   Halabi, Georges ^b   Perneger, Thomas ^a   Wasserfallen, Jean Blaise ^c   Kossovsky, Michel ^a   Feldman, Harold ^d   Martin, Pierre Yves ^a   Wauters, Jean Pierre ^b   Fellay, G ^e   Descombes, E ^e   Martin, P Y ^a   Levy, M ^f   Freudiger, H ^g   Brunisholz, M ^h   Robert, D ⁱ   Giovanini, M ^j   Uldry, P Y ^k   Vogel, G ^l   Haldimann, B ^m   Blanc, E ⁿ   Evequoz, P ^o   Schmid, M ^p   Scherrer, P ^q   Wauters, J P ^c,r   Guignard, J P ^c   von Albertini, B ^s   Hudry, M T ^t   Gautier, T ^u   Halabi, G ^v   Gluek, Z ^w   more..

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^f LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g Centre d'Onex   (Switzerland)

^h Hôpital Porrentruy   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Hopital de la Providence   (Switzerland)

^j Hôpital La Chauz de Fonds   (Switzerland)

^k Hopital de Martigny   (Switzerland)

^l Monthey Hospital   (Switzerland)

^m Unit of Dermatology Hôpital de Sierre   (Switzerland)

ⁿ Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

^o Regionalspital Visp   (Switzerland)

^p Regionalspital Brig   (Switzerland)

^q Hôpital de Château d'Oex   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^s Clinique Cecil   (Switzerland)

^t Centre de Dialyse de Nyon   (Switzerland)

^u Hopital Riviera   (Switzerland)

^v Hôpital de Zone   (Switzerland)

^w Regionalspital Biel   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

Dialysis; End stage renal failure; Quality assessment; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IRON; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 24044501633     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh972     Document Type: Article

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