Association of Primary Care Involvement with Death or Hospitalizations for Patients Starting Dialysis

Background and objectives It is uncertain whether primary care physician continuity of care associates with a lower risk of death and hospitalization among patients transitioning to maintenance dialysis. Design, setting, participants, & measurements Using provincial-linked administrative databases in Ontario, Canada, we conducted a population-based study of incident patients who initiated maintenance dialysis between 2005 and 2014 and...