Reuse-associated mortality in incident hemodialysis patients in the United States, 2000 to 2001

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 661-668

  Fan, Qiao ^b   Liu, Jiannong ^b   Ebben, James P ^b   Collins, Allan J ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dialysis; End stage renal disease (ESRD); Mortality; Reuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25644453654     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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