Survival after dialysis discontinuation and hospice enrollment for ESRD

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2117-2122

  O'Connor, Nina R ^a   Dougherty, Meredith ^a   Harris, Pamela S ^b   Casarett, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; TIME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84889844785     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04110413     Document Type: Article

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