Home haemodialysis in Australia - Is the wheel turning full circle?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 403-406

  Agar, John W M ^a   Hawley, Carmel M ^b   George, Charles R P ^c   Mathew, Timothy H ^d   McDonald, Stephen P ^e   Kerr, Peter G ^f  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d Kidney Health Australia   (Australia)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77951915849     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03565.x     Document Type: Review

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