Differences in health-related quality of life and treatment preferences among black and white patients with end-stage renal disease

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1129-1138

  Hicks, Leroi S ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a Brigham Women's Hosp Harvard M   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Kidney transplantation; Quality of life; Renal dialysis; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042797801     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000031350.56924.cc     Document Type: Review

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