High Cost and Low Survival Rate in High Comorbidity Incident Elderly Hemodialysis Patients

• Yi-Ting Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ping-Hsun Wu,

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Mei-Chuan Kuo ,

  * E-mail: mechku@kmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ming-Yen Lin,

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Tzu-Chi Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Wen Chiu,

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shang-Jyh Hwang,

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Hung-Chun Chen

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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