title: Patient categories: a tool for quality management.
abstract: Throughout recent years the daily work in haemodialysis centres has changed in Germany as well as in other European countries. The reason is that the percentage of older and multi-morbidity patients on chronic renal replacement therapy has progressively increased.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fenselau
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*