Regional effects of satellite haemodialysis units on renal replacement therapy in non-urban Ontario, Canada

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2297-2303

  Prakash, Suma ^a,c,e   Austin, Peter C ^b,c   Oliver, Matthew J ^a   Garg, Amit X ^b,d   Blake, Peter G ^d   Hux, Janet E ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ESRD; Haemodialysis; Peritoneal dialysis; Regional variation; RRT rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, SATELLITE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34547851711     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm176     Document Type: Article

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