Emergency Department Use and Hospital Admissions Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States

JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct 1;176(10):1563-1565. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4975.

Authors

Brendan P Lovasik¹, Rebecca Zhang², Jason M Hockenberry², Justin D Schrager³, Stephen O Pastan⁴, Sumit Mohan⁵, Rachel E Patzer¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.

PMID: 27548699
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4975

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Emergency Service, Hospital / economics
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / economics
Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Length of Stay* / economics
Length of Stay* / statistics & numerical data
Male
Medicare* / economics
Medicare* / statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Patient Admission* / economics
Patient Admission* / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
United States / epidemiology