American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 86-94 , July 2010

Dialysis Practices That Distinguish Top- Versus Bottom-Performing Facilities by Hemoglobin Outcomes

  • Brennan M.R. Spiegel, MD, MSHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Brennan M.R. Spiegel, MD, MSHS, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Bldg 115, Rm 215, Los Angeles, CA 90073
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  • Roger Bolus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Los Angeles, CA
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  • Amar A. Desai, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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  • Philip Zager, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dialysis Clinic Inc (DCI), Nashville, TN
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  • Tom Parker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Ventures Managements LLC, Lakewood, CO
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  • John Moran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Satellite Healthcare, Mountain View, CA
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  • Sally Bolus, MBA

      Affiliations

    • UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Los Angeles, CA
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  • Matthew D. Solomon, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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  • Osman Khawar, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Matthew Gitlin, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
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  • Hack Sul, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Los Angeles, CA
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  • Jennifer Talley, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
    • UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Los Angeles, CA
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  • Allen Nissenson, MD

      Affiliations

    • DaVita Inc, Segundo, CA

Received 19 July 2009 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.02.346 on May 21, 2010.

PII: S0272-6386(10)00598-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.02.346

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 86-94 , July 2010

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