Patient and provider determinants of nephrology referral in older adults with severe chronic kidney disease: A survey of provider decision making

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Campbell, Kellie H ^a   Smith, Sandy G ^b   Hemmerich, Joshua ^a   Stankus, Nicole ^a   Fox, Chester ^c   Mold, James W ^d   O'Hare, Ann M ^e   Chin, Marshall H ^a   Dale, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA Puget Sound   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053364990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-12-47     Document Type: Review

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