Effect of Dialysis Center Profit-Status on Patient Survival: A Comparison of Risk-Adjustment and Instrumental Variable Approaches

OBJECTIVE: To compare the estimated effects of dialysis center profit status on patient survival using alternative estimation strategies with retrospective data. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Patient and provider-level retrospective data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), 1996–1999. STU...

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Main Authors: Brooks, John M, Irwin, Christopher P, Hunsicker, Lawrence G, Flanigan, Michael J, Chrischilles, Elizabeth A, Pendergast, Jane F
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1955309/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17116120
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00581.x
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