Barriers to adopting a fistula-first policy in europe: An international survey among national experts

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 113-119

  van der Veer, Sabine N ^a,b   Ravani, Pietro ^c   Coentrão, Luis ^d   Fluck, Richard ^e   Kleophas, Werner ^f,g   Labriola, Laura ^h   Hoischen, Susanne H ⁱ   Noordzij, Marlies ^b   Jager, Kitty J ^b   van Biesen, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^e ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MVZ DaVita Karlstraße GmbH Bismarckstr 101   (Germany)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁱ Syndikusanwalt Diaverum Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Central venous catheters; Europe; Guideline adherence; Haemodialysis; Health services research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPONSE VARIABLE; TEACHING; TRAINING; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; VASCULAR ACCESS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICAL FEE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; EUROPE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84936776148     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: 17246032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000313     Document Type: Article

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