Costs and effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation for dialysis patients following coronary bypass

Kidney International

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1079-1084

  Huang, Yijian ^a   Zhang, Rebecca ^a   Culler, Steven D ^b   Kutner, Nancy G ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Cost effective; Economic evaluation; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART REHABILITATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REHABILITATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049086376     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.381     Document Type: Article

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