Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8769719 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
AVF failure in the first year after creation is common and results in substantially higher health care costs. Compared with patients whose AVFs maintained primary patency, vascular access costs were 2 to 3 times higher for patients whose AVFs experienced primary or secondary patency loss and 4 times higher for patients who never used their AVFs. There is a need to improve AVF outcomes and reduce costs after AVF creation.
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Authors
Mae Thamer, Timmy C. Lee, Haimanot Wasse, Marc H. Glickman, Joyce Qian, Daniel Gottlieb, Scott Toner, Timothy A. Pflederer,