Physician visits and 30-Day hospital readmissions in patients receiving hemodialysis

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2079-2087

  Erickson, Kevin F ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^a   Chertow, Glenn M ^a   Bhattacharya, Jay ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921689609     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013080879     Document Type: Article

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