2011 Researcher's Guide The 2011 Researcher's Guide to the USRDS Database is currently available. The downloadable PDF files containing the chapters are in Adobe Acrobat , you will need the reader that will allow you to look at the documents.
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Getting Started Sections 1-11 4 Introduction 7 Getting Started 17 Section 1 · ESRD Data Sources and the USRDS Database System 20 Section 2 · ESRD Patients 22 Section 3 · Treatment History 24 Section 4 · Payor History 26 Section 5 · Transplant Process & Outcomes 28 Section 6 · Morbidity & Hospitalization 29 Section 7 · Survival & Mortality 30 Section 8 · Providers 31 Section 9 · Disease-Based Cohort 32 Section 10 · Comprehensive Dialysis Study 33 Section 11 · Medicare Prescription Drug