Construction of a simulation model and evaluation of the effect of potential interventions on the incidence of diabetes and initiation of dialysis due to diabetic nephropathy in Japan

Construction of a simulation model and evaluation of the effect of potential interventions on the incidence of diabetes and initiation of dialysis due to diabetic nephropathy in Japan

Abstract Background The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is a growing public health concern in Japan. We developed a simulation model to predict the number of people with diabetes and those on dialysis due to diabetic nephropathy. In addition, we used the model to simulate the impact of possible inte...

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Main Authors: Takehiro Sugiyama, Sayuri Goryoda, Kaori Inoue, Noriko Sugiyama-Ihana, Nobuo Nishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetic nephropathies
Dialysis
Systems analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2784-0

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