Healthcare systems and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) therapies--an international review: access to ESRD treatments
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Healthcare systems and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) therapies--an international review: access to ESRD treatments.
Assessment of healthcare technology and economics can be used to assess the access to healthcare, its quality and efficacy as well as its cost and cost efficiency. This report addresses these issues for the provision of care for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. An international comparison of access to ESRD treatment modalities was made with reference to the healthcare provider structure...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.suppl_6.10