Measuring health-related quality of life in patients with end-stage renal disease: Why and how

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 352-353

  Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a   Yamazaki, Shin ^a   Hayashino, Yasuaki ^a   Green, Joseph ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NOTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34250796794     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0510     Document Type: Note

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