Payment for quality in end-stage renal disease

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3263-3269

  Himmelfarb, Jonathan ^a   Pereira, Brian J G ^b   Wesson, Donald E ^c   Smedberg, Paul C ^d   Henrich, William L ^e  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d American Society of Nephrology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 9644276840     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000145893.61791.7B     Document Type: Review

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