Medicare from A to D: What every nephrologist needs to know

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 899-904

  Morrison, Lisa ^a  

^a LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COUNSELING; DIALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; DIALYSIS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; MEDICARE PART C; MEDICARE PART D; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649193988     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.02430607     Document Type: Article

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