American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 954-964 , November 2009

Dialysis Delivery in Canada and the United States: A View From the Trenches

  • David C. Mendelssohn, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Humber River Regional Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David C. Mendelssohn, MD, FRCPC, Humber River Regional Hospital, 200 Church St, Rm 2024, Weston, Ontario, M9N 1N8 Canada
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  • Jay B. Wish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

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    Relative risk of mortality, Canada versus the United States. Both adjusted models include age, race, sex, time on dialysis therapy, and 13 summary comorbid conditions and accounted for facility cluste

    Relative risk of mortality, Canada versus the United States. Both adjusted models include age, race, sex, time on dialysis therapy, and 13 summary comorbid conditions and accounted for facility clustering effects. Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study II, N = 4,110.

 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.023 on September 3, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00936-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.023

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 954-964 , November 2009

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