Evidence-based medical quality management in dialysis - Part II: Improvement of hemodialysis adequacy

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Stoffel, Markus P ^a   Barth, C ^b   Lauterbach, K W ^c   Baldamus, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b KfH Head Office   (Germany)

^c IGKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical performance measurement; Dialysis; Driven quality improvement; End stage renal disease; Quality management; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544387380     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp62219     Document Type: Article

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