The health system in Chile: The nephrologist perspective

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-154

  Ardiles, Leopoldo G ^a   Poblete, Hugo ^b   Ortiz, Mireya ^c   Elgueta, Susana ^d   Cusumano, Ana María ^e   Vukusich, Antonio ^f   Mezzano, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Física y Astronomía   (Switzerland)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d Seccion de Histocompatibilidad   (Switzerland)

^e Latin American Society of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chile; Chronic kidney disease; Renal health; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; IRON; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROLOGIST; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RENAL PROTECTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953714549     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JN.2011.6371     Document Type: Article

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