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...
Main Authors: | Gerhard Lonnemann, Johannes Duttlinger, David Hohmann, Lennart Hickstein, Helmut Reichel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Series: | Kidney International Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024916301450 |
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