Cost implications to Medicare of recombinant erythropoietin therapy for the anemia of end-stage renal disease.

The purpose of this study was to estimate the net cost effect to Medicare of the increasing use of recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) instead of red blood cell transfusions or androgens in the management of anemia for the approximately 100,000 hemodialysis patients in the U.S. End-Stage Renal Di...

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Main Authors: Powe, N, Griffiths, R, Bass, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1993

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