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Delayed referral of black, Hispanic, and older patients with chronic renal failure.
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It is concluded that even among those patients with health insurance, delayed referral to the nephrologist is more likely in black, Hispanic, and older patients with chronic renal failure than in their white or younger counterparts.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The article was published on 1999-04-01. It has received 108 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Referral & Hemodialysis.read more
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Excess Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease among African-American versus White Subjects in the United States: A Population-Based Study of Potential Explanatory Factors
Michelle E Tarver-Carr,Neil R. Powe,Mark S. Eberhardt,Thomas A. LaVeist,Raynard S. Kington,Josef Coresh,Frederick L. Brancati +6 more
TL;DR: Nearly one-half of the excess risk of CKD among African-American adults can be explained on the basis of potentially modifiable risk factors; however, much of the extra risk remains unexplained.
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Chronic renal insufficiency in children: the 2001 Annual Report of the NAPRTCS.
TL;DR: There was a correlation between CRI and several co-morbid clinical factors: low hematocrit, hypoalbuminemia, hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and hyperparathyroidism, and the rate of progression to ESRD.
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Early referral strategies for management of people with markers of renal disease: a systematic review of the evidence of clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and economic analysis.
Corri Black,Pawana Sharma,Graham Scotland,Keith Alexander McCullough,D McGurn,Lynn Robertson,Nick Fluck,Alison MacLeod,Paul McNamee,Gordon Prescott,C Smith +10 more
TL;DR: The evidence of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early referral strategies for management of people with markers of renal disease, found CKD was found to be a marker of increased risk of mortality, renal progression and end-stage renal disease.
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Racial differences in mortality among men hospitalized in the Veterans Affairs health care system.
TL;DR: Black patients admitted to VA hospitals with common medical diagnoses have lower mortality rates than white patients, and the absence of a survival disadvantage for blacks may reflect the benefits of equal access to health care and the quality of inpatient treatment at VA medical centers.
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Unraveling the racial disparities associated with kidney disease1
TL;DR: Data is reviewed highlighting the racial/ethnic disparities that exist in the incidence and treatment of CKD, with particular emphasis on ESRD.
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Clinical and echocardiographic disease in patients starting end-stage renal disease therapy
Robert N. Foley,Patrick S. Parfrey,Patrick S. Parfrey,John D. Harnett,John D. Harnett,Gloria M. Kent,Gloria M. Kent,Christopher J. Martin,Christopher J. Martin,David C. Murray,David C. Murray,Paul E. Barre,Paul E. Barre +12 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that clinical and echocardiographic cardiovascular disease are already present in a very high proportion of patients starting ESRD therapy and are independent mortality factors.
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Racial Differences in the Use of Invasive Cardiovascular Procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical System
TL;DR: A retrospective analysis of the use of cardiovascular procedures among black and white male veterans discharged from Veterans Affairs hospitals with primary diagnoses of cardiovascular disease or chest pain found that white veterans were more likely than black veterans to undergo invasive cardiac procedures.
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Knowledge and practices of generalist and specialist physicians regarding drug therapy for acute myocardial infarction
John Z. Ayanian,Paul J. Hauptman,Edward Guadagnoli,Elliott M. Antman,Chris L. Pashos,Barbara J. McNeil +5 more
TL;DR: Internists and family practitioners are less aware of or less certain about key advances in the treatment of myocardial infarction than are cardiologists, underscoring the need to improve the dissemination of information from clinical trials to generalist physicians, particularly if they are to have an enlarged role in the evolving health care system.
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Variation in Office-Based Quality: A Claims-Based Profile of Care Provided to Medicare Patients With Diabetes
Jonathan P. Weiner,Stephen T. Parente,Deborah W. Garnick,Jinnet B. Fowles,Ann G. Lawthers,Palmer Rh +5 more
TL;DR: This study provides substantial evidence that existing administrative claims data can be used to support ambulatory quality improvement activities and underscores the value of practice guideline development and dissemination in the ambulatory arena.