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Costs and quality of life effects of the first year of renal replacement therapy in one Finnish treatment centre

Taru Hallinen Kuopio University Hospital, Unit of Family Practice, Finland; Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Economics (CEPPE), Department of Social Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Erkki J. O. Soini Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Economics (CEPPE), Department of Social Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, Finland; Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Kuopio, Finland; ESiOR Oy, Kuopio, Finland
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Janne A. Martikainen Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Economics (CEPPE), Department of Social Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Risto Ikäheimo Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland; Oulu University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Finland
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Olli-Pekka Ryynänen Kuopio University Hospital, and Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Finland
Pages 136-140 | Accepted 16 Jun 2009, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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