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 Page 4 Introduction Page 7 Getting Started Page 17 Section 1 · ESRD Data Sources and the USRDS Database System Page 20 Section 2 · ESRD Patients Page 22 Section 3 · Treatment History Page 24 Section 4 · Payor History Page 26 Section 5 · Transplant Process & Outcomes Page 28 Section 6 · Morbidity & Hospitalization Page 29 Section 7 · Survival & Mortality Page 30 Section 8 · Providers Page 31 Section 9 · Disease-Based Cohort Page 32 Section 10 · Comprehensive Dialysis Study Page 33 Section 11 · Medicare Prescription Drug