Blood transfusion practices in dialysis patients in a dynamic regulatory environment

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 616-621

  Hirth, Richard A ^a   Turenne, Marc N ^b   Wilk, Adam S ^a   Wheeler, John R C ^a   Sleeman, Kathryn K ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Paul, Matthew A ^c   Nahra, Tammie A ^a   Messana, Joseph M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Research and Data Analysis Division   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; composite rate services; costs; dialysis; end stage renal disease (ESRD); incentives; kidney transplantation eligibility; Medicare; medications; prospective payment; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908131892     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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