Open AccessPeritoneal Dialysis in Europe: An Analysis of Its Rise and Fall
Author(s) -
Norbert Lameire,
Patrick Peeters,
Raymond Vanholder,
Wim Van Biesen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
blood purification
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1421-9735
pISSN - 0253-5068
DOI - 10.1159/000089446
Subject(s) - peritoneal dialysis , reimbursement , medicine , dialysis , renal replacement therapy , intensive care medicine , medical care , health care , emergency medicine , economic growth , economics
There is a wide variability in the utilization of peritoneal dialysis throughout Europe that cannot be explained by differences in medical factors alone. Over the last years, the utilization of peritoneal dialysis has even changed in individual countries. The main factors of this variation are not medical, but rather changes in reimbursement and other financial considerations. The overall structure of the health care in an individual country is to a large extent determining the use of a renal replacement therapy modality.