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Body size, dose of hemodialysis, and mortalityR A Wolfe
US Renal Data System Coordinating Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 35:80-8. 2000..These results suggest that patient management protocols should attempt to ensure both good patient nutrition and adequate dose of dialysis, in addition to managing coexisting medical conditions...- Analytical approaches for transplant researchRobert A Wolfe
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 4:106-13. 2004..Risk of mortality and graft failure, adjusted analyses, cohort selection, and the many complicating factors surrounding the calculation of follow-up time for various outcomes analyses are also examined... - Improvements in dialysis patient mortality are associated with improvements in urea reduction ratio and hematocrit, 1999 to 2002Robert A Wolfe
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 45:127-35. 2005..We studied changes in achieving K/DOQI guidelines at the facility level to determine whether those changes are associated with corresponding changes in mortality... - The state of kidney transplantation in the United StatesRobert Wolfe
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Semin Dial 18:453-5. 2005..While the quality of life and patient survival are far from optimal for ESRD patients, improvements have been seen recently in both dialysis and transplantation outcomes. Prevention of ESRD is preferred to either treatment option... - Differences in access to cadaveric renal transplantation in the United StatesR A Wolfe
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 36:1025-33. 2000..These differences by race were not explained by referral practices or the physiologic factors studied here... - Comparison of mortality in all patients on dialysis, patients on dialysis awaiting transplantation, and recipients of a first cadaveric transplantR A Wolfe
U S Renal Data System Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48103, USA
N Engl J Med 341:1725-30. 1999.... - A critical examination of trends in outcomes over the last decadeR A Wolfe
United States Renal Data System and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48103, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 32:S9-15. 1998.... - Survival in recipients of marginal cadaveric donor kidneys compared with other recipients and wait-listed transplant candidatesA O Ojo
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 12:589-97. 2001..It is concluded that transplantation of a marginal kidney is associated with a significant survival benefit when compared with maintenance dialysis... - Impact of pre-existing donor hypertension and diabetes mellitus on cadaveric renal transplant outcomesA O Ojo
Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0364, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 36:153-9. 2000.... - Renal transplantation in end-stage sickle cell nephropathyA O Ojo
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Transplantation 67:291-5. 1999..The role of renal transplantation as treatment for end-stage sickle cell nephropathy (SCN) has not been well established... - Relationship of dialysis membrane and cause-specific mortalityW E Bloembergen
United States Renal Data System Coordinating Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 33:1-10. 1999..Further studies are necessary to evaluate the possibility of confounding factors, compare more specific membrane types, and determine the pathophysiology linking membrane type to cause-specific mortality... - Prognosis after primary renal transplant failure and the beneficial effects of repeat transplantation: multivariate analyses from the United States Renal Data SystemA Ojo
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Transplantation 66:1651-9. 1998..Survival of transplant recipients after primary renal allograft failure has not been well studied... - Dialysis modality and the risk of allograft thrombosis in adult renal transplant recipientsA O Ojo
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Veteran Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor, USA
Kidney Int 55:1952-60. 1999..Uremic coagulopathy and dialysis modality may predispose to RVT. We investigated the impact of the pretransplant dialysis modality on the risk of RVT in adult renal transplant recipients... - SRTR program-specific reports on outcomes: a guide for the new readerD M Dickinson
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 8:1012-26. 2008..Use of these statistics in a way that reflects a basic understanding of these concepts and their limitations is beneficial for all audiences... - Geographic variation in end-stage renal disease incidence and access to deceased donor kidney transplantationA K Mathur
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 10:1069-80. 2010..68, 95% CI 0.66-0.69; high: RR 0.63, 95% CI 0.61-0.65). Geographic variation in access to kidney transplant is in part mediated by local ESRD incidence, which has implications for allocation policy development... - Long-term survival in renal transplant recipients with graft functionA O Ojo
Departments of Medicine, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0364, USA
Kidney Int 57:307-13. 2000..Long-term survival in renal transplant recipients with graft function... - Predialysis blood pressure and mortality risk in a national sample of maintenance hemodialysis patientsF K Port
United States Renal Data System, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48103, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 33:507-17. 1999..The strikingly elevated mortality risk with low predialysis systolic BP suggests that low predialysis BP needs to be viewed with great concern and avoided where possible... - Calculating life years from transplant (LYFT): methods for kidney and kidney-pancreas candidatesR A Wolfe
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 8:997-1011. 2008..LYFT is also a powerful metric for assessing trends in allocation outcomes and for comparing alternative allocation systems... - Trends in organ donation and transplantation in the United States, 1997-2006F K Port
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 8:911-21. 2008 - A shared random effects model for censored medical costs and mortalityLei Liu
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Stat Med 26:139-55. 2007..An analysis of monthly outpatient EPO medical cost data for dialysis patients is presented to illustrate the proposed methods... - Mortality risk by hemodialyzer reuse practice and dialyzer membrane characteristics: results from the usrds dialysis morbidity and mortality studyF K Port
US Renal Data System Coordinating Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 37:276-86. 2001..Use of high-flux synthetic membrane dialyzers was associated with lower mortality risk, particularly when exposed to bleach. Clearance of larger molecules may have a role... - Predictability of survival models for waiting list and transplant patients: calculating LYFTR A Wolfe
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 9:1523-7. 2009..Allocation policies based on these survival models could lead to substantial increases in the number of life years gained from the current donor pool... - Geographic variability in access to primary kidney transplantation in the United States, 1996-2005V B Ashby
University of Michigan, SRTR, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 7:1412-23. 2007..Six States demonstrated both high wait-listing and deceased donor transplantation rates while six others, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, were below the national average for both parameters... - Transplanting kidneys without points for HLA-B matching: consequences of the policy changeV B Ashby
Department of Biostatistics, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Am J Transplant 11:1712-8. 2011.... - Vascular access use in Europe and the United States: results from the DOPPSRonald L Pisoni
University Renal Research and Education Association, The University of Michigan, Veteran s Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Kidney Int 61:305-16. 2002.... - Trends in organ donation and transplantation in the United States, 1996-2005F K Port
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 7:1319-26. 2007 - Trends in treatment and survival for hemodialysis patients in the United StatesF K Port
United States Renal Data System and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48103, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 32:S34-8. 1998..National observational studies of dialysis patients may influence the practice of dialysis and lead to improved survival... - Quality of life in chronic kidney disease (CKD): a cross-sectional analysis in the Renal Research Institute-CKD studyRachel L Perlman
Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 45:658-66. 2005..GFR was not significantly associated with QOL. Hemoglobin level predicted both physical and mental domains of the SF-36. Longitudinal studies are needed to define at-risk periods for decreases in QOL during progression of CKD... - Lack of correlation between facility-based standardized rates of transplantation and mortalityChike Nathan Okechukwu
Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 40:381-4. 2002..We conclude that reported standardized rates for transplantation do not correlate with those reported for mortality by dialysis facilities... - The impact of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation on long-term patient survivalA O Ojo
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0364, USA
Transplantation 71:82-90. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with type 1 DM with end-stage nephropathy, SPK transplantation before the age of 50 years was associated with long-term improvement in survival compared to solitary cadaveric renal transplantation or dialysis... - Kidney transplantation and wait-listing rates from the international Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)Suditida Satayathum
University Renal Research and Education Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103, USA
Kidney Int 68:330-7. 2005..International results consistently showed higher transplantation rates for younger, healthier, better-educated, and higher income patients... - Donor characteristics associated with reduced graft survival: an approach to expanding the pool of kidney donorsFriedrich K Port
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, University Renal Research and Education Association (URREA, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Transplantation 74:1281-6. 2002..CONCLUSION: By identifying donor factors associated with graft failure, these analyses may help to expand the number of transplanted kidneys by increasing the utilization of retrieved cadaveric kidneys... - DOPPS estimates of patient life years attributable to modifiable hemodialysis practices in the United StatesFriedrich K Port
University Renal Research and Education Association, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Blood Purif 22:175-80. 2004..The magnitude of potential savings in life years should encourage greater adherence to guidelines and practices that are significantly associated with better survival... - Immunosuppression and the risk of post-transplant malignancy among cadaveric first kidney transplant recipientsRami T Bustami
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients University Renal Research and Education Association, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 4:87-93. 2004..024). These new estimates of the magnitude of malignancy risk associated with induction therapy may be useful for clinical practice... - Recovery and utilization of deceased donor kidneys from small pediatric donorsS J Pelletier
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 6:1646-52. 2006..Although limited by the retrospective nature of the study, kidneys transplanted en bloc had a similar graft survival to ideal donors but may not maximize the number of successfully transplanted recipients... - Developing organ offer and acceptance measures: when 'good' organs are turned downR A Wolfe
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 7:1404-11. 2007..These models could be used to identify kidney transplant centers with exceptional acceptance practices. Several strategies might be employed to increase acceptance rates for good organs... - Racial and gender variation in use of diagnostic colonic procedures in the Michigan Medicare populationL F McMahon
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 0376, USA
Med Care 37:712-7. 1999..Understanding how the technology to diagnose colonic diseases is utilized in the population provides insight into both the access and processes of care... - Cross-sectional and longitudinal predictors of serum albumin in hemodialysis patientsS F Leavey
The United States Renal Data System, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Kidney Int 58:2119-28. 2000..Lower serum albumin concentrations predict increased mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Many demographic, comorbidity, and modifiable treatment-related factors that predict HD patient outcomes may be associated with serum albumin... - The survival advantage for haemodialysis patients taking vitamin D is questioned: findings from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns StudyFrancesca Tentori
Department of Internal Medicine, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Nephrol Dial Transplant 24:963-72. 2009.... - 5-Year mammography rates and associated factors for older womenR Van Harrison
Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 0201, USA
Cancer 97:1147-55. 2003..The current study examined mammography utilization by older women during this period. Relation between mammography utilization and demographic measures and health care-related factors also were examined... - Shared frailty models for recurrent events and a terminal eventLei Liu
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
Biometrics 60:747-56. 2004..This model avoids the difficulties encountered in alternative approaches which attempt to specify a dependent joint distribution with marginal proportional hazards and yields an estimate of the degree of dependence... - Predicted lifetimes for adult and pediatric split liver versus adult whole liver transplant recipientsRobert M Merion
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 4:1792-7. 2004.... - Understanding the basic case-mix adjustment for the composite rateJohn R C Wheeler
Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 47:666-71. 2006..The basic case-mix adjustment reflects an initial and partial adjustment for the cost of providing composite-rate services... - The survival benefit of liver transplantationRobert M Merion
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 5:307-13. 2005..With 1 year post-transplant follow-up, patients at lower risk of pre-transplant death do not have a demonstrable survival benefit from liver transplant... - A frailty model for informative censoringXuelin Huang
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
Biometrics 58:510-20. 2002..Simulation studies and analysis of data for kidney disease patients are provided. Consequences of incorrectly assuming noninformative censoring are investigated... - Deceased-donor characteristics and the survival benefit of kidney transplantationRobert M Merion
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor 48109 0331, USA
JAMA 294:2726-33. 2005..However, if ECD transplants offer improved overall patient survival, inferior graft outcome may represent an acceptable trade-off... - Analytical approaches for transplant research, 2004Douglas E Schaubel
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 5:950-7. 2005..The use of SAMs has already helped in the development and implementation of a new policy for liver candidates with high MELD scores to be offered organs regionally before the organs are offered to candidates with low MELD scores locally... - Hepatitis C is a risk factor for death after liver retransplantationShawn J Pelletier
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Liver Transpl 11:434-40. 2005..Although HCV was predictive of an increased risk of death, consideration of other characteristics of HCV patients, including donor and recipient age and need for preoperative ICU care may identify those at significantly higher risk... - Economic impact of case-mix adjusting the dialysis composite rateRichard A Hirth
Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Michigan School of Public Health, 315 West Huron, Suite 240, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 4262, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 16:1172-6. 2005..g., ownership, chain membership, size) will be substantially advantaged or disadvantaged by case-mix adjustment. There do seem to be modest changes in the regional distribution of payments... - Association between vascular access failure and the use of specific drugs: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)Rajiv Saran
University Renal Research and Education Association, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 40:1255-63. 2002..Several drugs have been proposed to improve vascular access patency based on favorable anticoagulant, antiplatelet, or vascular-remodeling properties. However, there is little evidence to guide drug strategies... - A sequential stratification method for estimating the effect of a time-dependent experimental treatment in observational studiesDouglas E Schaubel
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
Biometrics 62:910-7. 2006..Compared to the time-dependent analysis, the proposed method more accurately characterizes the data structure and yields a more direct estimate of the relative outcome with an ECD transplant... - A comprehensive risk quantification score for deceased donor kidneys: the kidney donor risk indexPanduranga S Rao
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan HealthSystem, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0725, USA
Transplantation 88:231-6. 2009..We propose a continuous kidney donor risk index (KDRI) for deceased donor kidneys, combining donor and transplant variables to quantify graft failure risk... - Chronic renal failure after transplantation of a nonrenal organAkinlolu O Ojo
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 0364, USA
N Engl J Med 349:931-40. 2003..We conducted a population-based cohort analysis to evaluate the incidence of chronic renal failure, risk factors for it, and the associated hazard of death in recipients of nonrenal transplants... - Characteristics of primary care physicians and their practices associated with mammography rates for older womenR Van Harrison
Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Cancer 98:1811-21. 2003..Understanding the relation between the characteristics of primary care physicians (PCPs) and mammography rates for older women can help to target screening improvement efforts... - Is case-mix adjustment necessary for an expanded dialysis bundle?Richard A Hirth
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy, 109 S Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 24:77-88. 2003..Results indicate considerable variability in costs and case mix across facilities and a significant and substantial relationship between case mix and facility cost, suggesting case mix payment adjustment may be important... - Dialysis dose and body mass index are strongly associated with survival in hemodialysis patientsFriedrich K Port
Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, The University of Michigan, 315 W Huron, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 13:1061-6. 2002..Further reductions in mortality might be possible with increased HD dose... - Prevalence and outcomes of multiple-listing for cadaveric kidney and liver transplantationRobert M Merion
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 4:94-100. 2004..Although specific factors characterize those transplant candidates likely to multiple-list, transplant access is significantly enhanced for almost all multiple-listed kidney and liver candidates... - Longitudinal assessment of mortality risk among candidates for liver transplantationRobert M Merion
Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Michigan Health Sistem, 2926 Taubman Center, Box 0331, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0331, USA
Liver Transpl 9:12-8. 2003..DeltaMELD score over time reflects progression of liver disease and conveys important additional prognostic information that should be considered in the further evolution of national liver allocation policy... - Analytical approaches for transplant researchRobert A Wolfe
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)/ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 3:103-13. 2003 - Personalized targeted mailing increases mammography among long-term noncompliant medicare beneficiaries: a randomized trialR Van Harrison
Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
Med Care 41:375-85. 2003.... - Renal transplantation in elderly patients older than 70 years of age: results from the Scientific Registry of Transplant RecipientsPanduranga S Rao
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0331, USA
Transplantation 83:1069-74. 2007..The outcomes of elderly patients who receive a kidney transplant have not been well studied compared with those of their peers on the waiting list... - Using knowledge of multiple levels of variation in care to target performance incentives to providersMarc N Turenne
Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103, USA
Med Care 46:120-6. 2008..In developing "pay-for-performance" and capitation systems that provide incentives for improving the quality and efficiency of care, policymakers need to determine which healthcare providers to evaluate and reward... - Effect of body mass index on the survival benefit of liver transplantationShawn J Pelletier
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0331, USA
Liver Transpl 13:1678-83. 2007..0001) survival benefit, including morbidly obese and underweight recipients. Our results suggest that high or low recipient BMI should not be a contraindication for LT... - Rosiglitazone is associated with mortality in chronic hemodialysis patientsSylvia P B Ramirez
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, 315 W Huron, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 20:1094-101. 2009..Our practice-based findings suggest significant associations of rosiglitazone use with higher cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among hemodialysis patients with diabetes... - Impact of years of dialysis therapy on mortality risk and the characteristics of longer term dialysis survivorsChike Nathan Okechukwu
Department of Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 39:533-8. 2002..We conclude that adjusted mortality risk does not decrease with years on dialysis therapy, and modifiable factors deserve greater attention to improve survival among patients with ESRD with and without diabetes treated by hemodialysis... - A test for informative censoring in clustered survival dataXuelin Huang
Department of Biostatistics, M D Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA
Stat Med 23:2089-107. 2004..Simulation studies show that the proposed test works well under various scenarios. For illustration, the test is applied to a data set for kidney disease patients from multiple dialysis centres... - Hemodialysis vascular access preferences and outcomes in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)Eric W Young
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Kidney Int 61:2266-71. 2002..We investigated whether survival of grafts relative to fistulae was better in facilities with a preference for grafts, hypothesizing that such facilities may place more grafts because grafts produced superior outcomes... - High dialysis dose is associated with lower mortality among women but not among menFriedrich K Port
University Renal Research and Education Association, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 43:1014-23. 2004..The present study evaluates, with observational data, the secondary randomized Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study finding that greater dialysis dose may benefit women, but not men... - SRTR center-specific reporting tools: Posttransplant outcomesD M Dickinson
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, University Renal Research and Education Association, University of Michigan, USA
Am J Transplant 6:1198-211. 2006.... - ESRD managed care demonstration: financial implicationsDawn M Dykstra
University Renal Research and Education Association, 315 W. Huron, Suite 260, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 24:59-75. 2003..Patient financial benefits were approximately $9,000 annually... - Random sample (DOPPS) versus census-based (registry) approaches to kidney disease researchFriedrich K Port
University of Renal Research and Education Association URREA, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
Blood Purif 21:85-8. 2003.... - Facility hemodialysis vascular access use and mortality in countries participating in DOPPS: an instrumental variable analysisRonald L Pisoni
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 53:475-91. 2009.... - Gender imbalance and outcomes in living donor renal transplantation in the United StatesLiise K Kayler
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 3:452-8. 2003..There appears to be a graft survival advantage for male recipients of male donor kidneys... - Organ donation and transplantation trends in the USA, 2003Friedrich K Port
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients/University Renal Research and Education Association, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 4:7-12. 2004 - Use of community versus individual socioeconomic data in predicting variation in hospital useT P Hofer
VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor VA HSR and D Field Program, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Health Serv Res 33:243-59. 1998..2) Thus, to support the inference that socioeconomic factors are important in the analysis of small area utilization data and address potential criticisms of this conclusion... - Trends and results for organ donation and transplantation in the United States, 2004Friedrich K Port
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, University Renal Research and Education Association, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 5:843-9. 2005 - The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS): design, data elements, and methodologyRonald L Pisoni
University Renal Research and Education Association, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 44:7-15. 2004..It continues to refine its methods of data collection and analysis with the goal of improving hemodialysis practice and end-stage renal disease patient lives worldwide... - Recent trends and results for organ donation and transplantation in the United States, 2005F K Port
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, University Renal Research and Education Association, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Am J Transplant 6:1095-100. 2006 - Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)Donna L Mapes
Amgen, Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Kidney Int 64:339-49. 2003..More research is needed to assess whether interventions to improve quality of life lower these risks among hemodialysis patients... - Health-related quality of life and associated outcomes among hemodialysis patients of different ethnicities in the United States: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)Antonio Alberto Lopes
Department of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Am J Kidney Dis 41:605-15. 2003..CONCLUSION: The data indicate important differences in HRQOL among patients of different ethnic groups in the United States. Furthermore, HRQOL scores predict death and hospitalization among these patients... - Association of comorbid conditions and mortality in hemodialysis patients in Europe, Japan, and the United States: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)David A Goodkin
Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 14:3270-7. 2003..Adjustments for the observed variability will allow study of association between practice patterns and outcomes... - Cancers of the kidney and urinary tract in patients on dialysis for end-stage renal disease: analysis of data from the United States, Europe, and Australia and New ZealandJohn H Stewart
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Am Soc Nephrol 14:197-207. 2003.... - Long-term renal allograft survival: a cup both half-full and half-emptyRobert A Wolfe
Am J Transplant 4:1215-6. 2004 - Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and allocation of donor liversRussell Wiesner
Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Gastroenterology 124:91-6. 2003..Our aim was to assess the capability of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score to correctly rank potential liver recipients according to their severity of liver disease and mortality risk on the OPTN liver waiting list... - Influence of graft type on outcomes after pediatric liver transplantationJohn P Roberts
Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Transplant 4:373-7. 2004..Living donor is the preferred donor source in the most common pediatric age group (< 2 years) undergoing liver transplantation... - Effect of changing the priority for HLA matching on the rates and outcomes of kidney transplantation in minority groupsJohn P Roberts
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0780, USA
N Engl J Med 350:545-51. 2004..We hypothesized that changing this allocation policy would affect graft survival and the racial balance among transplant recipients... - Evaluation of dialysis performance measuresRobert A Wolfe
Am J Kidney Dis 51:867-8; author reply 868-9. 2008 - Mortality and hospitalization in haemodialysis patients in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)Hugh C Rayner
Department of Renal Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Nephrol Dial Transplant 19:108-20. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The large differences in haemodialysis practice and outcomes in the Euro-DOPPS countries suggest opportunities for improvement in patient care... - How will the results of the HEMO study impact dialysis practice?Thomas A Depner
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
Semin Dial 16:8-21. 2003 - The report of a national conference on the wait list for kidney transplantationRobert S Gaston
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Am J Transplant 3:775-85. 2003..Each work group outlined problems and potential remedies within each area. This report summarized the issues and recommendations regarding the waiting list for kidney transplantation addressed in the Philadelphia meeting...