Journal article
Home Dialysis is Associated with Lower Costs and Better Survival than other Modalities: A Population-Based Study in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Background:How and where to initiate dialysis are policy challenges with enormous economic and health consequences. Initiating with home hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD) may reduce costs and improve outcomes but evidence is conflicting.Methods:We conducted a population-based study in patients aged ≥ 18 years who initiated chronic dialysis in the province of Ontario, Canada from 2006 to 2014 (N = 12,691) using linked administrative …
Authors
Krahn MD; Bremner KE; de Oliveira C; Dixon SN; McFarlane P; Garg AX; Mitsakakis N; Blake PG; Harvey R; Pechlivanoglou P
Journal
Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 553–561
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
November 2019
DOI
10.3747/pdi.2018.00268
ISSN
1197-8554