The 'centre effect' in nephrology: What do differences between nephrology centres tell us about clinical performance in patient management?

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hodsman, Alexandra ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Roderick, Paul ^c   Tomson, Charles R V ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case mix; Clinical performance measure; Dialysis centre; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE;

CASE MIX; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958049208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16602110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321378     Document Type: Review

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