Journal article
Adding Specialized Clinics for Remote-Dwellers with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cost-Utility Analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine whether opening a new clinic in a remote region would be a cost-effective means of improving care for remote-dwellers with CKD.
DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: This study is a cost-utility analysis from a public payer's perspective over a lifetime horizon, using administrative data from a large cohort of adults with stage 3b-4 CKD in Alberta, Canada. The association between …
Authors
Wiebe N; Klarenbach SW; Chui B; Ayyalasomayajula B; Hemmelgarn BR; Jindal K; Manns B; Tonelli M; Network OBOTAKD
Journal
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 24–34
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2012
DOI
10.2215/cjn.07350711
ISSN
1555-9041