Journal article
Association of Primary Care Involvement with Death or Hospitalizations for Patients Starting Dialysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: It is uncertain whether primary care physician continuity of care associates with a lower risk of death and hospitalization among patients transitioning to maintenance dialysis.
DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Using provincial-linked administrative databases in Ontario, Canada, we conducted a population-based study of incident patients who initiated maintenance dialysis between 2005 and 2014 and …
Authors
Silver SA; Bota SE; McArthur E; Clemens KK; Harel Z; Naylor KL; Sood MM; Garg AX; Wald R
Journal
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 521–529
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
April 2020
DOI
10.2215/cjn.10890919
ISSN
1555-9041