Changing patterns of peritoneal dialysis utilization in the United States

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Mehrotra, Rajnish ^a,b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Initiation of dialysis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35748955245     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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