Researcher's Guide

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2008 Researcher's Guide
The 2008 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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2008 Researcher's Guide to the USRDS Database

Introduction
	This Researcher's Guide to the USRDS Database is designed to assist those interested in using USRDS data to perform their own analyses.
Getting Started Sections 1-9 4 Introduction 7 Getting Started 21 Section 1 · ESRD Data Sources and the USRDS Database System 24 Section 2 · ESRD Patients 26 Section 3 · Treatment History 28 Section 4 · Payor History 30 Section 5 · Transplant Process & Outcomes 31 Section 6 · Morbidity & Hospitalization 33 Section 7 · Survival & Mortality 34 Section 8 · Providers 35 Section 9 · Disease-Based Cohort