A practice-related risk score (PRS): A DOPPS-derived aggregate quality index for haemodialysis facilities

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3227-3233

  Mendelssohn, David C ^a,j   Pisoni, Ronald L ^b   Arrington, Charlotte J ^b   Yeates, Karen E ^c   Leblanc, Martine ^d   Deziel, Clement ^e   Akiba, Takashi ^f   Krishnan, Mahesh ^g   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^h   Lameire, Norbert ⁱ   Port, Friedrich K ^b   Wolfe, Robert A ^b  

^a HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g AMGEN INC   (United States)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Dialysis outcomes and practice patterns study; Haemodialysis; Patient risk score; Quality index; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CATHETER CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 52449099212     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn195     Document Type: Article

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