Non-medical factors influencing peritoneal dialysis utilization: The Swiss experience

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1363-1367

  Wauters, Jean Pierre ^a   Uehlinger, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic dialysis; Chronic kidney disease; End stage renal failure; Medical decision; Peritoneal dialysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 2942722505     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh090     Document Type: Article

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