Investigating healthcare contacts of Dialysis patients by age and gender

Investigating healthcare contacts of Dialysis patients by age and gender

Abstract Background The objective of this paper is to utilise a clinical costing system to investigate differences in the patient journey, defined as the sequence and timing of contacts with the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Services (GCHHS), for four dialysis patient groups defined based on age an...

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Main Authors: James Todd, Adrian Gepp, Bruce Vanstone, Brent Richards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Renal failure
Dialysis
Patient journey
Markov model
Patient demographics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-3962-z

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