Early nephrology referral reduces the economic costs among patients who start renal replacement therapy: A prospective cohort study in Korea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Jeonghwan ^a,b   Lee, Jung Pyo ^b,c   Park, Ji In ^b,d   Ho Hwang, Jin ^b,e   Jang, Hye Min ^b,f   Choi, Ji Young ^b,g   Kim, Yong Lim ^b,g   Yang, Chul Woo ^b,h   Kang, Shin Wook ^b,i   Kim, Nam Ho ^b,j   Kim, YonSu ^b,d   Lim, Chun Soo ^b,c,d  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^g Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; URIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; ECONOMICS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH KOREA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84903210929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099460     Document Type: Article

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