Provider visit frequency and vascular access interventions in hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Medicare reimbursement policy encourages frequent provider visits to patients with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis. This study sought to determine whether more frequent face-to-face provider (physician and advanced practitioner) visits lead to more procedures and therapeutic interventions aimed at preserving arteriovenous fistulas and grafts, improved vascular access outcomes, and fewer related hospitalizations.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Multivariable regression was used to evaluate the association between provider (physician and advanced practitioner) visit frequency and interventions aimed at preserving vascular access, vascular access survival, hospitalization for vascular access infection, and outpatient antibiotic use in a coho

SUBMITTER: Erickson KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4317740 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature