Early Nephrology Referral Reduces the Economic Costs among Patients Who Start Renal Replacement Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea

BACKGROUND: The nature of cost-saving effects of early referral to a nephrologist in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not fully evaluated. We evaluated the health care costs before and after dialysis according to the referral time. METHODS: A total of 879 patients who were newly diagnos...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jeonghwan, Lee, Jung Pyo, Park, Ji In, Hwang, Jin Ho, Jang, Hye Min, Choi, Ji-Young, Kim, Yong-Lim, Yang, Chul Woo, Kang, Shin-Wook, Kim, Nam-Ho, Kim, Yon Su, Lim, Chun Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24927081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099460

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24927081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099460

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