Predictors of provider-patient visit frequency during Hemodialysis

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-98

  Slinin, Yelena ^a,b   Guo, Haifeng ^c   Li, Suying ^c   Liu, Jiannong ^c   Morgan, Benjamin ^b   Ensrud, Kristine ^a,b   Gilbertson, David T ^c   Collins, Allan J ^b,c   Ishani, Areef ^a,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Medicare; Nephrology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT VISIT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880181630     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353565     Document Type: Review

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