The prognostic value of kidney transplant center report cards

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1703-1712

  Schold, J D ^a,b   Buccini, L D ^a   Heaphy, E L G ^a   Goldfarb, D A ^a   Sehgal, A R ^b   Fung, J ^a,b   Poggio, E D ^a,b   Kattan, M W ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney transplantation; patient survival; public policy; quality of care; reporting quality; SRTR; transplant center volume; transplant centers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SRTR REPORT CARD; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84879554345     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12294     Document Type: Article

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