Dialysis in public and private hospitals in Queensland

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 887-893

  Gray, N A ^a,b   Dent, H ^c,d   Mcdonald, S P ^c,e  

^a NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hospital; Private; Public; Queensland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865353151     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02795.x     Document Type: Article

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