Trends in Peritoneal Dialysis Use in the United States after Medicare Payment Reform.

CONCLUSIONS: More patients started, stayed on, and switched to PD after dialysis payment reform. This occurred without a substantial increase in transfers to HD.
PMID: 31753816 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - November 20, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Sloan CE, Coffman CJ, Sanders LL, Maciejewski ML, Lee SD, Hirth RA, Wang V Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research