Are gatekeepers to renal services referring patients equitably?

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Kee, Frank ^a   Reaney, Elizabeth ^a   Savage, Gerard ^a   O'Reilly, Dermot ^a   Patterson, Chris ^a   Maxwell, Peter ^a   Fogarty, Damian ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; POVERTY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33846619811     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581907779497530     Document Type: Article

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