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- Title
Differences between physicians in the likelihood of referral and acceptance of elderly patients for dialysis influence of age and comorbidity.
- Authors
Visser, Annemieke; Dijkstra, Geke J.; Huisman, Roel M.; Gansevoort, Ron T.; De Jong, Paul E.; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
- Abstract
Background. Incidence of dialysis in elderly patients in the Netherlands is low compared to other countries. This study aims to assess the impact of patients’ age and comorbidity on the likelihood of referral and acceptance of patients for dialysis and whether this is affected by physician characteristics.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; DIALYSIS (Chemistry); COMORBIDITY; AGE factors in disease; MEDICAL referrals
- Publication
NDT Plus, 2008, Vol 1, piv6
- ISSN
1753-0784
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndtplus/sfn116