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Assigning severity indices to outcomes

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Quality Assurance in Dialysis

Part of the book series: Developments in Nephrology ((DINE,volume 39))

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In other disease states the influence of both the severity of the primary disease and unrelated other comorbid diseases on the course of patients has been studied [1, 2]. However the majority of observational studies examining the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) population are hampered in the conclusions they arrive at, because they have not quantified the severity of patient indices at baseline and related these to patient outcomes.

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  1. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, McGaw Park, IL, USA

    Lee W. Henderson

  2. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Roundlake, IL, USA

    Richard S. Thuma

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Amin, N.S. (1999). Assigning severity indices to outcomes. In: Henderson, L.W., Thuma, R.S. (eds) Quality Assurance in Dialysis. Developments in Nephrology, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-28312-8_5

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