Reducing avoidable rehospitalization in ESRD: a shared accountability

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; raymond.m.hakim@vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Hennepin Health System, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial

Raymond M Hakim et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;25(9):1891-3.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014030270. Epub 2014 May 8.

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; raymond.m.hakim@vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Hennepin Health System, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Keywords: ESRD; dialysis; hospitalization.

Comment on

Physician visits and 30-day hospital readmissions in patients receiving hemodialysis.
Erickson KF, Winkelmayer WC, Chertow GM, Bhattacharya J. Erickson KF, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Sep;25(9):2079-87. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2013080879. Epub 2014 May 8. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014. PMID: 24812168 Free PMC article.

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