Pre-dialysis hospital use and late referrals in incident dialysis patients in England: A retrospective cohort study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 124-129

  Blunt, Ian ^a   Bardsley, Martin ^a   Strippoli, Giovanni F M ^{b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a Health Education England   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology Mario Negri Sud Consortium ^*  (Italy)

^f Medical Scientic Ofce   (Sweden)

^g Diaverum Academy   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronic renal failure; data linkage; dialysis; ESRD; hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922429554     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu284     Document Type: Article

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