How are patients managing with the costs of care for chronic kidney disease in Australia? A cross-sectional study

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Essue, Beverley M ^a   Wong, Germaine ^b   Chapman, Jeremy ^b   Li, Qiang ^a   Jan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chronic kidney disease; Economic hardship; Out of pocket costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; WELFARE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84872101776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-5     Document Type: Article

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