Geographic disparities in arteriovenous fistula placement in patients approaching hemodialysis in the United States

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 686-694

  Goldfarb Rumyantzev, Alexander S ^a,b   Syed, Wajih ^c   Patibandla, Bhanu K ^b   Narra, Akshita ^b   Desilva, Ranil ^b   Chawla, Varun ^b   Hod, Tammy ^a   Vin, Yael ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Arteriovenous fistula; Geographic disparities; Hemodialysis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904068416     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hdi.12141     Document Type: Article

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