The rationale, implementation, and effect of the medicare CKD education benefit

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-386

  Young, Henry N ^a   Chan, Micah R ^a   Yevzlin, Alex S ^a   Becker, Bryan N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; group visits; health literacy; patient education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951749994     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.10.056     Document Type: Article

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