The organization and financing of end-stage renal disease treatment in Japan

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 217-231

  Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a,b   Yamazaki, Chikao ^c   Hayashino, Yasuaki ^a   Higashi, Takahiro ^a   Eichleay, Margaret A ^d   Akiba, Takashi ^e   Akizawa, Tadao ^f   Saito, Akira ^g   Port, Friedrich K ^d   Kurokawa, Kiyoshi ^h  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research   (Japan)

^c Masuko Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^d ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Health care financing; Japan; Medical costs; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34648814207     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-007-9017-8     Document Type: Article

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