A recent report using data from the the U.S. Renal Data System of the care and cost of renal disease shows an enormous and growing health care issue. PHS’s Rajesh Balkrishnan, Ph.D., led the report’s analysis of prescription drug use and cost. Read the full article here.
The report has been receiving major attention from health care and other news outlets. Here’s a sampling:
http://augustafreepress.com/kidney-disease-report-charts-mammoth-problem-u-s/
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-03-medicare-billions-chronic-kidney-disease.html
https://news.virginia.edu/content/kidney-disease-report-charts-mammoth-problem-us