What a difference a year makes--for better and for worse.
These are times of turbulence and change at many levels-for the nation at large, within the health care delivery arena broadly, and for nephrology specifically. The factors outlined above have created a degree of complexity in developing solutions for these issues never seen before. We'll see how the next 12 months unfolds.
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Rob
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Renal Physicians Association, Rockville, MD, USA.
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