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Yoshiyuki Furumatsu | Zendy; Y. Nagasawa | Zendy; Ryohei Yamamoto | Zendy; K. IIO | Zendy; Hirotsugu Iwatani | Zendy; Isao Matsui | Zendy; Y. Takabatake | Zendy; Noritaka Kawada | Zendy; Tatsuya Shoji | Zendy; E. Imai | Zendy; Y. Isaka | Zendy; Hiromi Rakugi | Zendy

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Specialist care and improved long-term survival of dialysis patients

Author(s) -

Yoshiyuki Furumatsu,

Y. Nagasawa,

Ryohei Yamamoto,

K. IIO,

Hirotsugu Iwatani,

Isao Matsui,

Y. Takabatake,

Noritaka Kawada,

Tatsuya Shoji,

E. Imai,

Y. Isaka,

Hiromi Rakugi

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp738

Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , intensive care medicine , cohort , hemodialysis , emergency medicine , dialysis therapy

The quality of dialysis care provided by specialists is expected to be superior to that by nonspecialists. However, little is known about the actual effect of specialist care on long-term prognosis in dialysis patients. We sought to determine whether specialist care can actually be associated with better survival rates in a nationwide Japanese dialysis cohort.

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