October 28, 2022Open Access

Assessment of Spending for Patients Initiating Dialysis Care

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In this cohort study, evidence that private insurers experience significant, sustained increases in spending when patients initiated dialysis was noted. The findings suggest that proposed policies aimed at limiting the amount dialysis facilities charge private insurers and the enrollees has the potential to reduce health care spending in this high-cost population.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd52ec27c48be1bb40cf41 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.39131

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