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Re-evaluating the volume-outcome relationship in hemodialysis patients.

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Eisenstein, EL; Sun, JL; Anstrom, KJ; Stafford, JA; Szczech, LA; Muhlbaier, LH; Mark, DB
Published in: Health Policy
December 2008

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether dialysis patient mortality rates are associated with differences in dialysis facility size, and whether this relationship differs among higher risk diabetic and lower-risk non-diabetic patients. METHODS: Using 186,554 adult end-stage renal disease patients initiating hemodialysis at standalone facilities in the United States between 1996 and 1999, we evaluated relationships between dialysis facility size and survival to 5 years. We performed separate analyses for patients with and without diabetes as their primary cause of end-stage renal disease. Facility size was defined according to the number of hemodialysis patients at year's end (small

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Health Policy

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ISSN

0168-8510

Publication Date

December 2008

Volume

88

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

317 / 325

Location

Ireland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Survival Analysis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Humans
  • Health Policy & Services
 

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Eisenstein, E. L., Sun, J. L., Anstrom, K. J., Stafford, J. A., Szczech, L. A., Muhlbaier, L. H., & Mark, D. B. (2008). Re-evaluating the volume-outcome relationship in hemodialysis patients. Health Policy, 88(2–3), 317–325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.03.017
Eisenstein, Eric L., Jie L. Sun, Kevin J. Anstrom, Judith A. Stafford, Lynda A. Szczech, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, and Daniel B. Mark. “Re-evaluating the volume-outcome relationship in hemodialysis patients.Health Policy 88, no. 2–3 (December 2008): 317–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.03.017.
Eisenstein EL, Sun JL, Anstrom KJ, Stafford JA, Szczech LA, Muhlbaier LH, et al. Re-evaluating the volume-outcome relationship in hemodialysis patients. Health Policy. 2008 Dec;88(2–3):317–25.
Eisenstein, Eric L., et al. “Re-evaluating the volume-outcome relationship in hemodialysis patients.Health Policy, vol. 88, no. 2–3, Dec. 2008, pp. 317–25. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.03.017.
Eisenstein EL, Sun JL, Anstrom KJ, Stafford JA, Szczech LA, Muhlbaier LH, Mark DB. Re-evaluating the volume-outcome relationship in hemodialysis patients. Health Policy. 2008 Dec;88(2–3):317–325.
Journal cover image

Published In

Health Policy

DOI

ISSN

0168-8510

Publication Date

December 2008

Volume

88

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

317 / 325

Location

Ireland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Survival Analysis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Humans
  • Health Policy & Services