Timely Referral to Outpatient Nephrology Care Slows Progression and Reduces Treatment Costs of Chronic Kidney Diseases

Timely Referral to Outpatient Nephrology Care Slows Progression and Reduces Treatment Costs of Chronic Kidney Diseases

We present a new approach to evaluate the importance of ambulatory nephrology care in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: An anonymized health claims database of German insurance companies was searched in a retrospective analysis for patients with CKD using the codes of the Internat...

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Main Authors: Gerhard Lonnemann, Johannes Duttlinger, David Hohmann, Lennart Hickstein, Helmut Reichel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Subjects:
chronic kidney diseases
hospital admission rates
mortality
progression of renal insufficiency
timely referral to nephrology care
treatment costs
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024916301450

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