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. 2021 Oct;6(10):2698-2701.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.07.019. Epub 2021 Jul 24.

COVID-19-Associated Decline in the Size of the End-Stage Kidney Disease Population in the United States

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COVID-19-Associated Decline in the Size of the End-Stage Kidney Disease Population in the United States

Eric D Weinhandl et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Oct.
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Forecasted and observed numbers of patients undergoing maintenance dialysis and patients with a functioning transplant in the United States, January 2017 to March 2021. The red vertical line is at March 13, 2020, when a national emergency was declared.

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