Geographic information systems and chronic kidney disease: Racial disparities, rural residence and forecasting

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Rodriguez, Rudolph A ^a   Hotchkiss, John R ^b   O'Hare, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Geography; Geospatial analysis; Racial disparities; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876069384     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jn.5000225     Document Type: Article

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