Early nephrology referral reduces the economic costs among patients who start renal replacement therapy: a prospective cohort study in Korea.
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.A total of 879 patients who were newly diagnosed as having end-stage...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4057219?pdf=render |