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- Title
Prevention and management of hyperphosphatemia with sevelamer in Canada: health and economic consequences.
- Authors
Huybrechts, Krista F; Caro, J Jaime; O'Brien, Judith A
- Abstract
Sevelamer hydrochloride (Renagel) binds phosphate in patients with end-stage renal disease without the use of exogenous calcium and may reduce the progression of coronary vascular calcification. This intervention was shown to be cost-effective in the United States. This paper presents the Canadian adaptation.
- Publication
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 2009, Vol 12, Issue 1, p16
- ISSN
1524-4733
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00408.x