Clinical outcomes and healthcare use associated with optimal ESRD starts.

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with patients with nonoptimal starts, patients with optimal ESRD starts have lower morbidity and mortality and less use of inpatient and outpatient care. Late-stage chronic kidney disease and ESRD care in an integrated system may be associated with greater benefits than those previously reported in the literature. PMID: 30325191 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30325191?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - October 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Crooks PW, Thomas CO, Compton-Phillips A, Leith W, Sundang A, Zhou YY, Radler L Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research