期刊
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
卷 55, 期 7, 页码 711-716出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00415-8
关键词
vascular access; hemodialysis; late referrals; nephrologist; quality of care; epidemiology
资金
- AHRQ HHS [R0-1-HS09398] Funding Source: Medline
We sought to determine whether late referral to a nephrologist in patients with chronic renal failure influences the adequacy of vascular access for hemodialysis. We analyzed data describing all health care encounters for all Medicare and Medicaid patients with end-stage renal failure in New Jersey between January 1991 and June 1996. Patients were required to have been diagnosed with renal disease at least 1 year prior to onset of hemodialysis. In the resulting cohort of 2,398 incident hemodialysis patients, 35% had their first nephrologist consultation less than or equal to90 days prior to initiation of dialysis. After controlling for demographic characteristics, socio-economic status and underlying renal disease, we found that patients who were referred to a nephrologist >90 days prior to onset of hemodialysis were 38% more likely to have undergone predialysis vascular access surgery than those who were referred to a nephrologist less than or equal to90 days before dialysis [OR: 1.38; 95% CI (1.15; 1.64)], Similarly, patients referred late were 42% more likely to require central venous access for hemodialysis compared to those seen by a nephrologist early [OR: 1.42; 95% CI (1.17; 1.71)]. Inadequate development of vascular access for renal replacement therapy in patients with late nephrologist referral unnecessarily contributes to the burden of disease experienced by this vulnerable patient population. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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