Interstate variation in receipt of nephrologist care in US patients approaching ESRD: Race, age, and state characteristics

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1979-1988

  Yan, Guofen ^a   Cheung, Alfred K ^c,d   Greene, Tom ^c   Yu, Alison J ^e   Norman Oliver, M ^b   Yu, Wei ^a   Ma, Jennie Z ^a   Norris, Keith C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; PROBABILITY; RACE; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946709223     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.02800315     Document Type: Article

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