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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(4):1116; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm876
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Quality of care in end-stage renal disease: the importance of comparing ‘apples with apples’

Kitty J. Jager1 and Carmine Zoccali2

1 ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 CNR-IBIM Clinical Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Renal and Transplantation Unit Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Cal., Italy

KJ Jager, ERA-EDTA Registry, Academic Medical Center, Department of Medical Informatics, J1b 115.1, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: k.j.jager@amc.uva.nl

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Most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) depend on dialysis treatment for their survival. To determine whether the quality of dialysis care in one country or in one dialysis centre is different from that in another, it is essential to use comparable indicators to assess the quality of care. As such indicators were lacking . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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