Trends in timing of initiation of chronic dialysis in the United States

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1663-1669

  O'Hare, Ann M ^a,b,c   Choi, Andy I ^b,d   Boscardin, W John ^d   Clinton, Walter L ^c   Zawadzki, Ilan ^c   Hebert, Paul L ^a,b   Tamura, Manjula Kurella ^e   Taylor, Leslie ^b   Larson, Eric B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054733575     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.436     Document Type: Article

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