Higher mortality among remote compared to rural or urban dwelling hemodialysis patients in the United States

Kidney International

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-359

  Thompson, Stephanie ^a,b   Gill, John ^c,d   Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Padwal, Raj ^a   Pelletier, Rick ^a   Bello, Aminu ^a,b   Klarenbach, Scott ^a,b   Tonelli, Marcello ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Kidney Disease Network   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology and outcomes; hemodialysis; mortality risk; Renal Data System; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84863790793     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.167     Document Type: Article

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