American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 289-298 , August 2009

Ownership Patterns of Dialysis Units and Peritoneal Dialysis in the United States: Utilization and Outcomes

  • Rajnish Mehrotra, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Rajnish Mehrotra, MBBS, MD, 1124 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90502
    • ,
  • Osman Khawar, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Uyen Duong, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Linda Fried, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Keith Norris, MD

      Affiliations

    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Charles Drew University, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Allen Nissenson, MD

      Affiliations

    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Received 23 September 2008 ,Accepted 21 January 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.01.262 on April 9, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00434-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.01.262

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 289-298 , August 2009

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