Possible effects of the new Medicare reimbursement policy on African Americans with ESRD

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Jul;20(7):1607-13. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2008080853. Epub 2009 Apr 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Black or African American*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Healthcare Disparities / trends
  • Hematinics / therapeutic use
  • Hemoglobins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / economics*
  • Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / trends*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / blood
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / economics*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / ethnology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Male
  • Medicare / economics*
  • Medicare / trends*
  • Renal Dialysis / economics
  • United States

Substances

  • Hematinics
  • Hemoglobins