Comparison of Mortality Between Private For-Profit and Private Not-For-Profit Hemodialysis Centers
JAMAPublished 20 November 2002
P.J. Devereaux, Holger J. Schünemann, Nikila C. Ravindran, Mohit Bhandari, Amit Garg, P. Choi
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The pooled estimate demonstrated that private for-profit dialysis centers were associated with an increased risk of death and suggested that there are annually 2500 excessive premature deaths in US for- Profit dialysis Centers.
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Hemodialysis care in private not-for-profit centers is associated with a lower risk of mortality compared with care in private for-profit centers.
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MedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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