Geographic and Temporal Trends in Peritoneal Dialysis Services in the United States Between 1995 and 2003

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1079-1087

  Wang, Virginia ^a   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^b   Patel, Uptal D ^a,c   Weiner, Bryan J ^b   Ricketts, Thomas C ^b   Weinberger, Morris ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

end stage renal disease; geographic variation; longitudinal trends; organization and delivery of care; Peritoneal dialysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952547335     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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