Predialysis nephrologist care and access to kidney transplantation in the United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 872-879

  Winkelmayer, W C ^a   Mehta, J ^a   Chandraker, A ^a   Owen Jr , W F ^a   Avorn, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Early referral; Equality; Health care disparities; Late referral; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947597845     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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