Cost controversies of a “home dialysis first” policy

D Hager, TW Ferguson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose of review: Kidney Failure is highly prevalent and uses a disproportionate amount of
health care funding. In Canada (excluding Quebec), 37 647 people were living with kidney …

Haemodialysis at home: review of current dialysis machines

S Haroon, A Davenport - Expert review of medical devices, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Only a minority of patients with chronic kidney disease treated by hemodialysis
are currently treated at home. Until relatively recently, the only type of hemodialysis machine …

Patient-reported factors influencing the choice of their kidney replacement treatment modality

RW de Jong, VS Stel, A Rahmel… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Access to various kidney replacement therapy (KRT) modalities for patients with
end-stage kidney disease differs substantially within Europe. Methods European adults on …

Sources of variation in the carbon footprint of hemodialysis treatment

AR Sehgal, JE Slutzman, AM Huml - Journal of the American …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Greenhouse gas emissions from hemodialysis treatment in the United States
have not been quantified. In addition, no previous studies have examined how much …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of a remote monitoring system of healthcare resource consumption in patients on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD): A simulation study

K Uchiyama, N Washida, N Yube, T Kasai… - Clinical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims: Remote monitoring (RM) can improve management of chronic diseases. We
evaluated the impact of RM in automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) in a simulation study …

Development of PD in Lower Income Countries: a Rational Solution for the Management of AKI and ESKD

B Cullis, M McCulloch, FO Finkelstein - Kidney International, 2024 - Elsevier
It is estimated that more than 50% of patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) in low-
resource countries are unable to access dialysis. When hemodialysis is available, it often …

Systems Innovations to Increase Home Dialysis Utilization

XBJ Cheng, CT Chan - Clinical Journal of the American Society of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Globally, there is an interest to increase home dialysis utilization. The most recent United
States Renal Data System (USRDS) data report that 13.3% of incident dialysis patients in …

[HTML][HTML] Costs of assisted home dialysis: a single-payer Canadian model from Manitoba

RJ Bamforth, A Beaudry, TW Ferguson, C Rigatto… - Kidney Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale & Objective The prevalence of kidney failure is increasing globally. Most of these
patients will require life-sustaining dialysis at a substantial cost to the health care system …

Cost of the quanta SC+ hemodialysis system for self‐care in the United Kingdom

TW Ferguson, GD Harper, JE Milad… - Hemodialysis …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction New personal hemodialysis systems, such as the quanta SC+, are being
developed; these systems are smaller and simpler to use while providing the clearances of …

Nocturnal home hemodialysis in children: Advantages, implementation, and barriers

MK Grewal, A Mehta, R Chakraborty… - Seminars in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic kidney disease and end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) in children are major health
concerns worldwide with increasing incidence and prevalence. Renal replacement …