title: Timing of Dialysis Initiation-Do Health Care Setting or Provider Incentives Matter?
authors.affiliation: Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and Section of Nephrology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas ramanath@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Venkat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
authors.affiliation: Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and.
authors.forename: Wolfgang C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Winkelmayer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000639:trends*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000639:trends*; D061665:Time-to-Treatment / Q000639:trends*; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000639:trends*
keywords: dialysis; economic analysis; outcomes