Relationship among length of facility ownership, clinical performance, and mortality

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-251

  Van Wyck, David ^a   Robertson, John ^a   Nissenson, Allen ^a   Provenzano, Robert ^a   Kogod, Dennis ^a  

^a DaVita Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749325164     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03700609     Document Type: Article

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