A comparison of quality of life and travel-related factors between in-center and satellite-based hemodialysis patients

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 268-274

  Diamant, Michael J ^a,b   Harwood, Lori ^a,b   Movva, Sujana ^a,c,d   Wilson, Barbara ^a,b   Stitt, Larry ^b   Lindsay, Robert M ^a,c   Moist, Louise M ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749326481     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.05190709     Document Type: Article

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