Variability in Cinacalcet Prescription across US Hemodialysis Facilities.

CONCLUSIONS: Facilities treating more patients who are black, under age 65 years, and having dialysis vintage ≥3 years have higher average levels of cinacalcet prescription. However, these differences were strongly attenuated after accounting for the unbalanced distributions of these patient case-mix variables.
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Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - January 21, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Fuller DS, Xing S, Belozeroff V, Yehoshua A, Morgenstern H, Robinson BM, Rubin RJ, Bhatt N, Pisoni RL Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research