Dialysis care and death following hurricane sandy

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-115

  Kelman, Jeffrey ^a   Finne, Kristen ^b   Bogdanov, Alina ^c   Worrall, Chris ^a   Margolis, Gregg ^b   Rising, Kristin ^d   MaCurdy, Thomas E ^c   Lurie, Nicole ^b  

^a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Acumen LLC   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Disaster planning; Emergency preparedness; End stage renal disease (ESRD); Hurricane Sandy; Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Program; Natural disaster; Vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSURANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COHORT STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922350070     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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