Racial/ethnic disparities associated with initial hemodialysis access

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 529-536

  Zarkowsky, Devin S ^a   Arhuidese, Isibor J ^b   Hicks, Caitlin W ^b   Canner, Joseph K ^b   Qazi, Umair ^b   Obeid, Tammam ^b   Schneider, Eric ^b   Abularrage, Christopher J ^b   Freischlag, Julie A ^c   Malas, Mahmoud B ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG ABUSE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934299558     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.0287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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