A systematic review of patient and health system characteristics associated with late referral in chronic kidney disease

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Navaneethan, Sankar D ^a   Aloudat, Sarah ^b   Singh, Sonal ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CINAHL; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDLINE; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEPHROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049108794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-9-3     Document Type: Article

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