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Multidisciplinary Care: Cost-effective for Chronic Kidney Disease

Medicare-funded multidisciplinary care programs in the US are likely to be cost-effective in patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD), found a new study from Stanford University, California.

Multidisciplinary Care: Cost-effective for Chronic Kidney Disease

Multidisciplinary Care: Cost-effective for Chronic Kidney Disease

A comprehensive model finds that multidisciplinary care programs are cost-effective in chronic kidney disease patients in the United States.

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