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Sixty-nine thousand, three hundred sixty-eight adults initiating hemodialysis between 2013 and 2014 were selected to be in the study sample. The dialysis initiation cohort was restricted to United States citizens aged 18 years old and older. MPAB, medicare part A and B; MPO, mediare primary, other.
