Nephrology care prior to end-stage renal disease and outcomes among new ESRD patients in the USA

Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 772-780

  Gillespie, Brenda W ^a,b   Morgenstern, Hal ^c,d   Hedgeman, Elizabeth ^e   Tilea, Anca ^a,d   Scholz, Natalie ^a,b   Shearon, Tempie ^a,b   Burrows, Nilka Rios ^f   Shahinian, Vahakn B ^a,d   Yee, Jerry ^g   Plantinga, Laura ^h   Powe, Neil R ⁱ   McClellan, William ^h   Robinson, Bruce ^j   Williams, Desmond E ^f   Saran, Rajiv ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e EpidStat Institute   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dialysis; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney transplantation; Nephrology referral; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959376484     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfv103     Document Type: Article

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