Economic and quality of care evaluation of dialysis service models in remote Australia: protocol for a mixed methods study

• Main Authors: Gillian Gorham (Author), Kirsten Howard (Author), Samantha Togni (Author), Paul Lawton (Author), Jaquelyne Hughes (Author), Sandawana William Majoni (Author), Sarah Brown (Author), Sue Barnes (Author), Alan Cass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Australia's Northern Territory (NT) has the country's highest incidence and prevalence of kidney disease. Indigenous people from remote areas suffer the heaviest disease burden. Concerns regarding cost and sustainability limit the provision of dialysis treatments in rem...