1. Department of Health Economics and Industrial Policy; Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Osaka Japan
2. Division of Kidney and Dialysis; Department of Internal Medicine; Hyogo College of Medicine; Hyogo Japan
3. Tsuchiya General Hospital; Hiroshima Japan
4. Department of Medicine, Kidney Center; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo Japan
5. Division of Nephrology; Showa University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
6. Department of Nephrology; Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital; Okayama Japan
7. Department of Clinical Engineering; Maeda Institute of Renal Research; Chiba Japan
8. Department of Surgery; Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital; Hokkaido Japan
9. Department of Nephrology and Urology Center; Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital; Kumamoto Japan
10. Department of Nephrology; Fukuoka Red Cross Hospital; Fukuoka Japan
11. Department of Urology; Mihama Hospital; Chiba Japan
12. Miyamoto Clinic; Hyogo Japan
13. International Kidney Evaluation Association Japan (IKEAJ); Tokyo Japan