Patient referral is influenced by dialysis centre structure in the Diamant Alpin Dialysis cohort study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2341-2346

  Wauters, Jean Pierre ^a,j   Bosson, Jean Luc ^b   Forneris, Giacomo ^c   Turc Baron, Cécile ^d   Golshayan, Dela ^a   Paternoster, Giuseppe ^e   Martina, Guido ^f   Hurot, Jean Marc ^g   von Albertini, Beat ^h   Forêt, Michel ⁱ   Cordonnier, Daniel ^b   Piccoli, Giuseppe ^f   Alloatti, S ^e   Bonfant, G ^e   Gabrielli, D ^e   Paternoster, G ^e   Quarello, F ^c   Forneris, G ^c   Piccoli, G ^f   Jeantet, A ^f   Martina, G ^f   Piccoli, G B ^f   Turc Baron, C ^d   Barro, C ^b   Bosson, J L ^b   Cordonnier, D ^b   Pernod, G ^b   Foret M ⁱ   Guergour, M ⁱ   Hachache, T ⁱ   Jouet, C ⁱ   Kuentz, F ⁱ   Nemmar, F ⁱ   Laurent, G ^g   Hurot, J M ^g   von Albertini, B ^h   Wauters, J P ^a   Theytaz, J ^a   Golshayan, D ^a   Paccaud, F ^a   Groos, R ^a   more..

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

^e Aosta Hospital   (Italy)

^f MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Tassin Centre de Dialyse   (France)

^h Clinique Cecil   (Switzerland)

ⁱ AGDUC La Tronche   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Chronic dialysis; End stage renal failure; Epidemiology; Late referral; Progression of kidney disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4544230436     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh387     Document Type: Article

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