Variation in dialysis quality measures by facility, neighborhood, and region

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 413-417

  Saunders, Milda R ^a,b,c   Chin, Marshall H ^b,c  

^a Section of Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; dialysis adequacy; disparities; geography of health; quality of care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; SURVIVAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; UREA;

EID: 84876212962     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318287d720     Document Type: Article

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