Regional variation in health care intensity and treatment practices for end-stage renal disease in older adults

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-186

  O'Hare, Ann M ^a,b   Rodriguez, Rudolph A ^a,b   Hailpern, Susan M ^c   Larson, Eric B ^a,d   Tamura, Manjula Kurella ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Group Health Cooperative ^*

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGIONALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 77954592811     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.924     Document Type: Article

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