Dialysis Provider and Outcomes among United States Veterans Who Transition to Dialysis | Zendy

Elani Streja | Zendy; Csaba P. Kövesdy | Zendy; Melissa Soohoo | Zendy; Yoshitsugu Obi | Zendy; Connie M. Rhee | Zendy; Christina Park | Zendy; Joline L.T. Chen | Zendy; Tracy Nakata | Zendy; Danh V. Nguyen | Zendy; Alpesh Amin | Zendy; Steven J. Jacobsen | Zendy; John J. Sim | Zendy; Kamyar KalantarZadeh | Zendy

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Dialysis Provider and Outcomes among United States Veterans Who Transition to Dialysis

Author(s) -

Elani Streja,

Csaba P. Kövesdy,

Melissa Soohoo,

Yoshitsugu Obi,

Connie M. Rhee,

Christina Park,

Joline L.T. Chen,

Tracy Nakata,

Danh V. Nguyen,

Alpesh Amin,

Steven J. Jacobsen,

John J. Sim,

Kamyar KalantarZadeh

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.12951117

Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , hazard ratio , confidence interval , emergency medicine , veterans affairs , demographics , intensive care medicine , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , demography , physics , sociology , optics

Veterans with ESKD initiate dialysis under the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), an integrated health system, or are outsourced to non-VHA providers. It is unknown whether outcomes differ according to their dialysis provider at initiation. We sought to evaluate the association between dialysis provider and mortality and hospitalization among United States veterans initiating dialysis.

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