Both patient and facility contribute to achieving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' pay-for-performance target for dialysis adequacy

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2296-2302

  Tangri, Navdeep ^a   Tighiouart, Hocine ^a   Meyer, Klemens B ^a   Miskulin, Dana C ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 82655181479     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2010111137     Document Type: Article

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