Early readmission and length of hospitalization practices in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-294

  Lopes, Antonio Alberto ^a,b,e   Leavey, Sean F ^c   McCullough, Keith ^d   Gillespie, Brenda ^e   Bommer, Juergen ^f   Canaud, Bernard J ^g   Saito, Akira ^h   Fukuhara, Shunichi ⁱ   Held, Philip J ^d   Port, Friedrich K ^d   Young, Eric W ^e,j  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Univ Ren Res and Educ Assoc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544335144     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1492-7535.2004.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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