Assessment of the quality of care and financial impact of a virtual renal clinic compared with the traditional outpatient service model

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1100-1107

  Mark, D A ^a   Fitzmaurice, G J ^a   Haughey, K A ^a   O'Donnell, M E ^a,b   Harty, J C ^a  

^a DAISY HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRELAND; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL RENAL CLINIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052990365     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02750.x     Document Type: Article

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