Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary care in mild to moderate chronic kidney disease in the United States: A modeling study.

BACKGROUND:Multidisciplinary care (MDC) programs have been proposed as a way to alleviate the cost and morbidity associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the US. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We assessed the cost-effectiveness of a theoretical Medicare-based MDC program for CKD compared to usual CKD c...

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Main Authors: Eugene Lin, Glenn M Chertow, Brandon Yan, Elizabeth Malcolm, Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5870947?pdf=render