Nephrology consultation and mortality in people with stage 4 chronic kidney disease: a population-based study

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Liu, Quinn, Tam-Tham, Weaver, Ronksley, Quan, Manns, Hemmelgarn, Tonelli, Ravani), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Karim), The University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine (Bello), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (Strippoli), University of Bari, Bari, Italy