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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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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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