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SUBMITTER: Levesque R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4661220 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lévesque Renee R Marcelli Daniele D Cardinal Héloïse H Caron Marie-Line ML Grooteman Muriel P C MP Bots Michiel L ML Blankestijn Peter J PJ Nubé Menso J MJ Grassmann Aileen A Canaud Bernard B Gandjour Afschin A
Applied health economics and health policy 20151201 6
<h4>Aim</h4>The aim of this study was to assess the cost effectiveness of high-efficiency on-line hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) compared with low-flux hemodialysis (LF-HD) for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) based on the Canadian (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal) arm of a parallel-group randomized controlled trial (RCT), the CONvective TRAnsport STudy.<h4>Methods</h4>An economic evaluation was conducted for the period of the RCT (74 months). In addition, a Markov state t ...[more]