Associations of frequency and duration of patient-doctor contact in hemodialysis facilities with mortality

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1493-1502

  Kawaguchi, Takehiko ^a   Karaboyas, Angelo ^b   Robinson, Bruce M ^b   Li, Yun ^b   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^c   Bieber, Brian A ^b   Rayner, Hugh C ^d   Andreucci, Vittorio E ^e   Pisoni, Ronald L ^b   Port, Friedrich K ^d   Morgenstern, Hal ^b,f   Akizawa, Tadao ^g   Saran, Rajiv ^h  

^a SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884333316     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2012080831     Document Type: Article

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