Do Income Level and Race Influence Survival in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-180

  Eisenstein, Eric L ^a   Sun, Jie L ^a   Anstrom, Kevin J ^a   Stafford, Judith A ^a   Szczech, Lynda A ^a   Muhlbaier, Lawrence H ^a   Mark, Daniel B ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Income level; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58649119636     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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