title: Elderly patients starting outpatient dialysis not at excessive mortality risk.
authors.affiliation: DaVita Clinical Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brunelli
authors.forename: Allen R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Nissenson
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krishnan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D010045:Outpatients; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors