Impact of late-stage CKD and aging on medical utilization in the elderly population: a closed-cohort study in Taiwan

Background. Taiwan has the highest incidence and prevalence of end-stage renal disease globally, especially in the elderly population. The elderly with chronic kidney disease (CKD) also had high mortality. However, population-based research on how the elderly with CKD utilize medical services is sti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation dialysis, transplantation, 2010-10, Vol.25 (10), p.3230-3235
Hauptverfasser:	Lin, Ming-Yen, Hwang, Shang-Jyh, Mau, Lih-Wen, Chen, Hung-Chun, Hwang, Su-Chen, Wu, Ling-Chu, Chiu, Herng-Chia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aging Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Chronic Disease chronic kidney diseases Cohort Studies Cost of Illness elderly Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management Female Glomerular Filtration Rate Health Expenditures Hospitalization Humans Intensive care medicine Kidney Diseases - economics Kidney Diseases - epidemiology Kidney Diseases - prevention & control Kidney Failure, Chronic - economics Male Medical sciences medical utilization Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Renal failure Taiwan - epidemiology
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