Dialysis practices that distinguish facilities with below- versus above-expected mortality

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2024-2033

  Spiegel, Brennan ^a,b,c   Bolus, Roger ^b,c   Desai, Amar A ^d,e   Zagar, Philip ^f   Parker, Tom ^g   Moran, John ^h   Solomon, Matthew D ^c,e   Khawar, Osman ^b   Gitlin, Matthew ⁱ   Talley, Jennifer ^a,c   Nissenson, Allen ^j  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Dialysis Clinic Inc   (United States)

^g Renal Ventures Managements LLC   (United States)

^h CA   (United States)

ⁱ AMGEN INC   (United States)

^j DAVITA INC   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIALYSIS; DIETITIAN ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149355983     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01620210     Document Type: Article

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