Kidney transplant referral practices in southeastern dialysis units

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 365-371

  Browne, Teri ^a   Patzer, Rachel E ^b   Gander, Jennifer ^b   Amamoo, M Ahinee ^c   Krisher, Jenna ^c   Sauls, Leighann ^c   Pastan, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southeastern Kidney Council Inc/ESRD Network 6   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Provider; Referral; South; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE MANAGER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84958260693     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12693     Document Type: Article

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