Functional status and quality of life: predictors of early mortality among patients entering treatment for end stage renal disease.

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Summary

Functional status and quality of life are strong independent risk factors for subsequent mortality in new dialysis patients which may serve to predict subsequent risk of mortality or adjust case-mix estimates for comparisons between dialysis populations.

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article
Published
1991-01-01
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Keywords

Medicine, Dialysis, Quality of life (healthcare), Comorbidity, Internal medicine

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