Higher medical costs for CKD patients with a rapid decline in eGFR: A cohort study from the Japanese general population.

Higher medical costs for CKD patients with a rapid decline in eGFR: A cohort study from the Japanese general population.

To investigate how changes in eGFR can affect medical costs, a regional cohort of national health insurance beneficiaries in Japan was developed from a nationwide database system (Kokuho database, KDB), and non-individualized data were obtained. From 105,661 people, subjects on chronic dialysis and...

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Main Authors: Kei Nagai, Chiho Iseki, Kunitoshi Iseki, Masahide Kondo, Koichi Asahi, Chie Saito, Ryoya Tsunoda, Reiko Okubo, Kunihiro Yamagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216432

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