Variation in fistula use across dialysis facilities: Is it explained by case-mix?

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-313

  Tangri, Navdeep ^a   Moorthi, Ranjani ^a   Tighiouhart, Hocine ^a   Meyer, Klemens B ^a   Miskulin, Dana C ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749325123     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04430709     Document Type: Article

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