Peritoneal Dialysis Patient Outcomes under the Medicare Expanded Dialysis Prospective Payment System.

CONCLUSIONS: In the context of expanding PD use and declining facility PD experience, the risk of PD discontinuation fell, and there was no adverse effect on mortality.
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Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - September 11, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Young EW, Kapke A, Ding Z, Baker R, Pearson J, Cogan C, Mukhopadhyay P, Turenne MN Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research