Impact of estimated GFR reporting on late referral rates and practice patterns for end-stage kidney disease patients: A multilevel logistic regression analysis using the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA)

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-366

  Foote, Celine ^a,b   Clayton, Philip A ^b,c,d   Johnson, David W ^e   Jardine, Meg ^a,f   Snelling, Paul ^b   Cass, Alan ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Austrailia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^g MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

automatic; Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); late referral; nephrology referral; practice patterns; registry study; renal replacement therapy (RRT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMATIC; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (EGFR); LATE REFERRAL; NEPHROLOGY REFERRAL; PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRY STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT);

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908120506     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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