Differences between physicians in the likelihood of referral and acceptance of elderly patients for dialysis-influence of age and comorbidity

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3255-3261

  Visser, Annemieke ^a,b   Dijkstra, Geke J ^a   Huisman, Roel M ^b   Gansevoort, Ron T ^b   De Jong, Paul E ^b   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Elderly; End stage renal disease; Non nephrology specialists; Primary care physicians; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 36749073994     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm382     Document Type: Article

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