Higher medical costs for CKD patients with a rapid decline in eGFR: A cohort study from the Japanese general population

• Kei Nagai,

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

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Chiho Iseki,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Okinawa Heart and Renal Association (OHRA), Naha, Okinawa, Japan

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• Kunitoshi Iseki,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Heart and Renal Association (OHRA), Naha, Okinawa, Japan

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• Masahide Kondo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Care Policy and Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Koichi Asahi,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Chie Saito,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Ryoya Tsunoda,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5206-0804

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• Reiko Okubo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Department of Health Care Policy and Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Kunihiro Yamagata

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation

  * E-mail: k-yamaga@md.tsukuba.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7407-0410

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