Cost Utility of Dialysis in Canada: Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis and Non-Dialysis Treatment of Kidney FailureThomas W. Ferguson M.ScReid H. Whitlock M.ScRyan J. Bamforth BAAlain Beaudry MAJoseph Darcel B.ScMichelle Di Nella MAClaudio Rigatto MD M.Sc...
The privatisation of home dialysis in 2006 created divided treatment regimes for dialysis patients such that this group is disadvantaged when they require hospitalisation for any reason, due to the privatisation of PD nurses and resources. Cost-shifting creates winners and losers, therefore, because ...
The few papers 52 indicate that dialysis is an expensive form of treatment for the population of these 53 countries and that the poorer countries have an over-proportional burden to finance 54 dialysis services. Further research is needed to determine the cost of dialysis based on a 55 standard...
Although treatment for the dialysis population is resource intensive, a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) by matched pairs is still lacking. After matching for clinical characteristics and propensity scores, we identified 4,285 pairs of incident HD and...
Peritoneal dialysis and HD resulted in similar frequencies of transplantation (50% and 41%, respectively) and expected survival (3.58 years and 3.56 years, respectively) during the first 5 years after the initiation of treatment. CONCLUSION: The cost-utility ratio is most favorable for PD as the...
Aim is to compare the monthly cost of maintenance hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis at our center. Majority of patients at our center are on thrice a week hemodialysis and three times a day peritoneal dialysis. These patients were asked to submit their total direct cost of treatment of last ...
Most hemodialysis patients require treatment three times a week, for an average of three-four hours per dialysis "run." Specific treatment schedules depend on the type of dialyzer used and the patient's current physical condition. While the treatment prescription and regimen is usually overseen by...
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1,4 Similar to other high-cost intensive procedures, the likelihood of receiving dialysis treatment varies across geographic regions among older Americans, suggesting that factors external to the patient influence dialysis decisions.5 Dialysis treatment appears to be more frequent in the United States ...
Define Kidney Dialysis. Kidney Dialysis synonyms, Kidney Dialysis pronunciation, Kidney Dialysis translation, English dictionary definition of Kidney Dialysis. n. pl. di·al·y·ses 1. The separation of smaller molecules from larger molecules or of disso