Strategies for Setting Medical Nutrition Therapy Priorities for Patients With Stage 3 and 4 Chronic Kidney Disease
The provision of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for patients with early chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become more common since Medicare began reimbursing for this service in January 2002. This is good news for patients. It has been demonstrated that nutrition care for predialysis patients can improve survival during the first year of dialysis.
Source: Journal of Renal Nutrition - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Lynn Munson Tags: Patient Education Source Type: research
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