Referral patterns to renal services: What has changed in the past 4 years

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3411-3419

  Hobbs, Helen ^a   Stevens, Paul ^a   Klebe, Berhard ^a   Irving, Jean ^a   Cooley, Roger ^b   O'Donoghue, Donal ^c   Green, Stephen ^d   Farmer, Christopher ^a  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Heath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; EGFR; Referral patterns; Small area analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949100799     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp289     Document Type: Article

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