Hemodialysis treatment center early mortality rates for incident hemodialysis patients are associated with the quality of care prior to starting but not following onset of dialysis

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 390-397

  Kanda, Eiichiro ^a   Erickson, Kevin ^b   Bond, T Christopher ^a   Krisher, Jenna ^c   McClellan, William M ^a,b,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southeastern Kidney Council Inc/ESRD Network 6   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis adequacy; Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK; SERUM ALBUMIN; SOUTH CAROLINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953265305     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326141     Document Type: Article

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