RI Clinicians Share Timely Reviews in Nephrology

摘要

Much has changed since the launching in the US of the End- Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program under Medicare on July 1, 1973, a unique entitlement program based solely on the presence of a clinical condition. Dialysis, initially a privilege for a select few, has exploded since then to become a multi- billion dollar industry today, with over 600,000 patients on dialysis in the US, and over 1.6 million worldwide.