An Assessment of Survival among Korean Elderly Patients Initiating Dialysis: A National Population-Based Study

• Shina Lee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shina Lee, Jung-Hwa Ryu

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Jung-Hwa Ryu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shina Lee, Jung-Hwa Ryu

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Hyunwook Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University College of Medicine Sanbon Hospital, Gunpo, Korea

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• Kyoung Hoon Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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• Hyeong Sik Ahn,

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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• Hoo Jae Hann,

  Affiliation Ewha Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Yongjae Cho,

  Affiliation Ewha Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Young Mi Park,

  Affiliation Ewha Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Seung-Jung Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Duk-Hee Kang,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Kyu Bok Choi,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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• Dong-Ryeol Ryu

  * E-mail: drryu@ewha.ac.kr

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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