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Myth: Mortality in chronic hemodialysis is greater in the U.S. than in Europe and Japan

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Mortality of patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in the U.S. exceeds that in Japan and Europe by more than two to one. Is this simple statistic sufficient to compare either the quality of dialysis of systems of renal medicine in different countries?

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  1. Sidhartha Pani
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  1. Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, 11203, USA

    Eli A. Friedman M.D. (Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine) & Iram Anees M.D. (Clinical Assistant Instructor in Medicine) (Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine) &  (Clinical Assistant Instructor in Medicine)

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Pani, S. (2002). Myth: Mortality in chronic hemodialysis is greater in the U.S. than in Europe and Japan. In: Friedman, E.A., Anees, I. (eds) Myths and Shibboleths in Nephrology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0407-7_18

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