The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) and the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI): A cooperative initiative to improve outcomes for hemodialysis patients worldwide

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Port, Friedrich K ^a   Eknoyan, Garabed ^b  

^a Univ Ren Res and Educ Assoc   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical performance measures; Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS); evidence based guidelines; Hemodialysis; Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K DOQI); observational studies

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; NEPHROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644253027     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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