Variation in nephrologist visits to patients on hemodialysis across dialysis facilities and geographic locations

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 987-994

  Erickson, Kevin F ^a   Tan, Kelvin B ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^a   Chertow, Glenn M ^a   Bhattacharya, Jay ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878833633     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.10171012     Document Type: Article

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