Efficiency of implementing a program aimed at achieving early referral to the nephrologist of patients with chronic renal failure in primary care;Eficiencia de implantar en atención primaria un programa dirigido a conseguir la referencia precoz al nefrólogo de los pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica

Nefrologia

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL.3, 2006, Pages 114-120

  Aguilar, M D ^a   Orte, L ^b   Lazaro P ^a   Gomez Campdera F J ^c   Giráldez, E Fernández ^d   Guajardo, D Sanz ^e   Pastor, V ^f  

^a TAISS ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250379555     PISSN: 02116995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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