American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 940-949 , June 2009

Care of Undocumented Individuals With ESRD: A National Survey of US Nephrologists

  • Laura Hurley, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Denver Health, Denver, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Laura Hurley, MD, MPH, Denver Health Medical Center, 660 Bannock MC 1914, Denver, CO 80204
    • ,
  • Allison Kempe, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • Children's Outcomes Research Program, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • Lori A. Crane, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
    • ,
  • Arthur Davidson, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
    • Denver Public Health, Denver Health, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • Katherine Pratte, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • Stuart Linas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Denver Health, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • L. Miriam Dickinson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
    • ,
  • Tomas Berl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO

Received 21 July 2008 ,Accepted 3 December 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.12.029 on March 27, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00146-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.12.029

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
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