Dialysis bundling and small dialysis organizations: A call for close monitoring

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 858-860

  Slinin, Yelena ^a   Ishani, Areef ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 84877882085     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.03.005     Document Type: Editorial

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