Patient care staffing levels and facility characteristics in US hemodialysis facilities

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1130-1140

  Yoder, Laura A G ^a   Xin, Wenjun ^b   Norris, Keith C ^c   Yan, Guofen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers for Medicare Medicaid (CMS) End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facility Survey; in center hemodialysis; profit; region; staffing ratios; US Renal Data System (USRDS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIETITIAN; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICAL NURSE; PROFIT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL WORKER; STAFF NURSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888328863     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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