Open AccessPre-dialysis hospital use and late referrals in incident dialysis patients in England: a retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Ian Blunt,
Martin Bardsley,
Giovanni FM Strippoli
Publication year - 2014
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/gfu284
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , dialysis , nephrology , peritoneal dialysis , cohort , emergency medicine , cohort study , kidney disease , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , family medicine
Timely referral to specialist kidney care can improve outcomes for patients and delay the onset of dialysis, yet late referral (LR) remains a problem in many countries. We aimed to estimate the proportion of LRs that could potentially have been detected earlier because of increases in patients' general hospital activity.
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