Treatment center and geographic variability in pre-ESRD care associate with increased mortality

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1078-1085

  McClellan, William M ^a,c   Wasse, Haimanot ^a   McClellan, Ann C ^a   Kipp, Adam ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a   Rocco, Michael V ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; METABOLISM; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANEMIA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEPHROLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649112964     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008060624     Document Type: Article

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