Journal article
Association of Primary Versus Rotating Nephrologist Model of Care in Hemodialysis Programs with Patient Outcomes
Abstract
SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Nephrologist staffing models for patients receiving hemodialysis vary widely. Patients may be cared for continuously by a single primary nephrologist or by a group of nephrologists on a rotating basis. It remains unclear whether these differing care models influence clinical outcomes. In this population-based cohort study of more than 14,000 incident patients on maintenance hemodialysis from Ontario, Canada, we found no …
Authors
Yau K; Jeyakumar N; Kang Y; Dixon SN; Freeman M; Garg AX; Harel Z; Sood MM; Thomas A; Wald R
Journal
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 1155–1158
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 2023
DOI
10.1681/asn.0000000000000133
ISSN
1046-6673