Recipient age and time spent hospitalized in the year before and after kidney transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 750-756

  Grams, Morgan E ^a,b   McAdams Demarco, Mara A ^a,b   Kucirka, Lauren M ^a   Segev, Dorry L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Kidney transplantation; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT AGE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867248048     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31826205b9     Document Type: Article

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