Effect of national pre-ESRD care program on expenditures and mortality in incident dialysis patients: A population-based study

• Ming-Yen Lin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-4833

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• Li-Jen Cheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Yi-Wen Chiu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  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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• Hui-Min Hsieh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

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

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• Ping-Hsun Wu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

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

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• Yi-Ting Lin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shu-Li Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Feng-Xuan Jian,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

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

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• Chih Cheng Hsu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shu-An Yang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

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

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• Huei-Lan Lee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

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

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• Shang-Jyh Hwang

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sjhwang@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, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-3305

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