The pivotal impact of center characteristics on survival of candidates listed for deceased donor kidney transplantation

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-153

  Schold, Jesse D ^a,b,d   Harman, Jeffrey S ^b   Chumbler, Neale R ^c   Duncan, R Paul ^b   Meier Kriesche, Herwig Ulf ^a  

^a Division of Nephrology Hypertension and Renal Transplantation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Center performance; Facility effects; Informed decision making; Kidney transplantation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; CADAVER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; CADAVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 59049103024     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31818475c9     Document Type: Article

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