What happened in Finland to increase home hemodialysis?

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Honkanen, Eero O ^a   Rauta, Virpi M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

End stagerenal disease; Home hemodialysis; Predialysisprogram; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC;

EID: 47649110530     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2008.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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