Comparative mortality of hemodialysis patients at for-profit and not-for-profit dialysis facilities in the United States, 1998 to 2003: A retrospective analysis

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Foley, Robert N ^a,b   Fan, Qiao ^a   Liu, Jiannong ^a   Gilbertson, David T ^a   Weinhandl, Eric D ^a   Chen, Shu Cheng ^a   Collins, Allan J ^a,b  

^a United States Renal Data System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; UREA; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IRON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UREA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 47649121244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-9-6     Document Type: Article

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