Chapter 15: UK Renal Centre Survey Results 2010: RRT Incidence and Use of Home Dialysis Modalities
Author(s) -
Clare Castledine,
Julie Gilg,
Chris Rogers,
Yoav BenShlomo,
Fergus Caskey
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nephron clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1660-2110
DOI - 10.1159/000331783
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , peritoneal dialysis , incidence (geometry) , staffing , modalities , renal replacement therapy , nephrology , family medicine , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , nursing , sociology , optics , social science , physics
RRT incidence rates and the proportion of patients using a home dialysis modality (peritoneal or home haemodialysis) varies widely between centres and persists even after area differences in age, ethnicity and social deprivation structure are taken into account. A nationwide survey was undertaken to identify possible drivers of this variation.
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