Exploration of the difference in incidence of renal replacement therapy in elderly patients in Flanders and the Netherlands-a comparison of referral policy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 338-344

  Visser, Annemieke ^a   Sunaert, Patricia ^b   Franssen, Casper F M ^a   Van Biesen, Wim ^c   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a   Jager, Kitty J ^d   De Jong, Paul E ^a   Izaks, Gerbrand J ^a   Dijkstra, Geke J ^a   Gansevoort, Ron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease; co morbidity; non nephrology specialists; older patients; primary care physicians; referral behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SPECIALIZATION; VIGNETTE; WORKING TIME;

BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 84856645354     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr346     Document Type: Article

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