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. 2022 Jul 20:35:10662.
doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10662. eCollection 2022.

A Payer's Perspective: A Comparison and Simulation of the Costs of Hemodialysis Versus Living Donor Kidney Transplant for Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in Nigeria

Jacob J Lang  1 , Conner V Lombardi  1 , Iyore A James  2 , David B Da Rocha-Afodu  1 , Chimezie G Okwuonu  3 , Obi O Ekwenna  1
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A Payer's Perspective: A Comparison and Simulation of the Costs of Hemodialysis Versus Living Donor Kidney Transplant for Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in Nigeria

Jacob J Lang et al. Transpl Int. .
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Keywords: access to transplantation; cost; cost-comparison; dialysis; policies; transplantation.

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