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“ … It is difficult to justify the burden and expense of dialysis when persons have other serious health conditions, for example, advanced dementia or cancer. In these settings, dialysis is unlikely to provide any meaningful benefit."
—Glenn Chertow, professor of nephrology at Stanford, co-author ‘An Empiric estimate of the value of life: Updating the renal dialysis cost-effectiveness standard," as reported by Stanford Graduate School of Business
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