Projecting prevalence, costs and evaluating simulated interventions for diabetic end stage renal disease in a Canadian population of aboriginal and non-aboriginal people: an agent based approach

Projecting prevalence, costs and evaluating simulated interventions for diabetic end stage renal disease in a Canadian population of aboriginal and non-aboriginal people: an agent based approach

Abstract Background Diabetes-related end stage renal disease (DM-ESRD) is a devastating consequence of the type 2 diabetes epidemic, both of which disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples. Projecting case numbers and costs into future decades would help to predict resource requirements, and simu...

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Main Authors: Amy Gao, Nathaniel D. Osgood, Ying Jiang, Roland F. Dyck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Diabetes
End stage renal disease
Computer model
Agent based
Projection
Costs
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0699-y

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