Access to health care among status Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1007-1012

  Gao, Song ^a   Manns, Braden J ^a   Culleton, Bruce F ^a   Tonelli, Marcello ^b   Quan, Hude ^a   Crowshoe, Lynden ^a   Ghali, William A ^a   Svenson, Lawrence W ^a,c   Ahmed, Sofia ^a   Hemmelgarn, Brenda R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; RACISM;

EID: 55749095353     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080063     Document Type: Article

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