Association of emergency-only vs standard hemodialysis with mortality and health care use among undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 188-195

  Cervantes, Lilia ^a,b   Tuot, Delphine ^c,d   Raghavan, Rajeev ^e,f   Linas, Stuart ^a,b   Zoucha, Jeff ^a,b   Sweeney, Lena ^d   Vangala, Chandan ^f   Hull, Madelyn ^a   Camacho, Mario ^b   Keniston, Angela ^a,b   McCulloch, Charles E ^d   Grubbs, Vanessa ^c,d   Kendrick, Jessica ^a   Powe, Neil R ^c,d  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041687094     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7039     Document Type: Article

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