Dialysis Modality and Readmission Following Hospital Discharge: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Readmissions following hospital discharge among maintenance dialysis patients are common, potentially modifiable, and costly. Compared with patients receiving in-center hemodialysis (HD), patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) have fewer routine dialysis clinic encounters and as a result may be more susceptible to a hospital readmission following discharge. STUDY DESIGN: Population-based retrospective-cohort observational study.

Authors

Perl J; McArthur E; Bell C; Garg AX; Bargman JM; Chan CT; Harel S; Li L; Jain AK; Nash DM

Journal

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 11–20

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

7 2017

DOI

10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.10.020

ISSN

0272-6386

Associated Experts

Amit Garg

Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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