Identifying best practices in dialysis care: Results of cognitive interviews and a national survey of dialysis providers

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1066-1076

  Desai, Amar A ^a,b   Bolus, Roger ^c,d   Nissenson, Allen ^c   Bolus, Sally ^d   Solomon, Matthew D ^b,d   Khawar, Osman ^c   Gitlin, Matthew ^e   Talley, Jennifer ^d,f   Spiegel, Brennan M R ^c,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AMGEN INC   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49149117929     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04421007     Document Type: Article

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