The association of candidate mortality rates with kidney transplant outcomes and center performance evaluations

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Schold, Jesse D ^a,b   Srinivas, Titte R ^a   Howard, Richard J ^a   Jamieson, Ian R ^b   Meier Kriesche, Herwig Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Kidney transplantation; Mortality rates; Quality of care; Report cards; Risk adjustment; Transplant candidates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149009785     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000297372.51408.c2     Document Type: Review

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