Predictors of chain acquisition among independent dialysis facilities

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 476-496

  Pozniak, Alyssa S ^b   Hirth, Richard A ^a   Banaszak Holl, Jane ^a   Wheeler, John R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chain acquisition; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MARKET; MEDICARE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREDICTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DATA COLLECTION; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949296667     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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