Equity and economics of kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9887, 2013, Pages 103-104

  Luyckx, Valerie A ^a,b   Naicker, Saraladevi ^c   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EXTERNAL DEBT; GOVERNMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; NIGERIA; NOTE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TAX;

EID: 84880308552     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60817-X     Document Type: Note

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