Greater first-year survival on hemodialysis in facilities in which patients are provided earlier and more frequent pre-nephrology visits

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 595-602

  Hasegawa, Takeshi ^a,b,c   Bragg Gresham, Jennifer L ^e   Yamazaki, Shin ^b   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^b   Akizawa, Tadao ^d   Kleophas, Werner ^f   Greenwood, Roger ^g   Pisoni, Ronald L ^e  

^a Fujiyoshida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^f Dialysezentrum   (Germany)

^g LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL TIME; AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149088841     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03540708     Document Type: Article

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