**Author details**

Tomoyuki Takura1 \*, Naotsugu Ichimaru<sup>2</sup> and Atushi Aikawa<sup>3</sup>

1 Department of Healthcare Economics and Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2 Department of Urology, Kinki Central Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

3 Department of Nephrology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

\*Address all correspondence to: ttakura@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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*Health Economics of Renal Replacement Therapy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.111526*
