The Nephrocare project: Referral, patient case-mix, follow-up and quality of renal care in Nordic renal centres

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-324

  Bergrem, Harald ^a,b   Gøransson, Lasse G ^a,b   Asmundsson, Pall ^c   Feldt Rasmussen, Bo ^d   Grønhagen Riska, Carola ^e   Westberg, Gunnar ^f  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Iceland)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case mix; Nephrological practice; Nordic countries; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE MIX; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 70249100329     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590902833697     Document Type: Article

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