Geographic variation in Black-White differences in end-of-life care for patients with ESRD

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1171-1178

  Thomas, Bernadette A ^a   Rodriguez, Rudolph A ^a,b   Boyko, Edward J ^c   Robinson Cohen, Cassianne ^c   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^c   O'Hare, Ann M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL CARE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84879809897     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.06780712     Document Type: Article

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