Global differences in dialysis modality mix: the role of patient characteristics, macroeconomics and renal service indicators | Zendy

Moniek W.M. van de Luijtgaarden | Zendy; Kitty J. Jager | Zendy; Vianda S Stel | Zendy; Anneke Kramer | Zendy; Ana María Cusumano | Zendy; Robert F. Elliott | Zendy; Claudia Geue | Zendy; Alison M. MacLeod | Zendy; Bénédicte Stengel | Zendy; Adrian Covic | Zendy; Fergus Caskey | Zendy

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Global differences in dialysis modality mix: the role of patient characteristics, macroeconomics and renal service indicators

Author(s) -

Moniek W.M. van de Luijtgaarden,

Kitty J. Jager,

Vianda S Stel,

Anneke Kramer,

Ana María Cusumano,

Robert F. Elliott,

Claudia Geue,

Alison M. MacLeod,

Bénédicte Stengel,

Adrian Covic,

Fergus Caskey

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gft053

Subject(s) - medicine , relative risk , peritoneal dialysis , dialysis , interquartile range , staffing , kidney disease , rate ratio , population , hemodialysis , end stage renal disease , confidence interval , intensive care medicine , environmental health , nursing

An increase in the dialysis programme expenditure is expected in most countries given the continued rise in the number of people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) globally. Since chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy is relatively less expensive compared with haemodialysis (HD) and because there is no survival difference between PD and HD, identifying factors associated with PD use is important.

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