Hemodialysis Use and Practice Patterns: An International Survey Study

• Published in: American journal of kidney diseases Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 326 - 335.e1
• Main Authors: Htay, Htay, Bello, Aminu K., Levin, Adeera, Lunney, Meaghan, Osman, Mohamed A., Ye, Feng, Ashuntantang, Gloria E., Bellorin-Font, Ezequiel, Gharbi, Mohammed Benghanem, Davison, Sara N., Ghnaimat, Mohammad, Harden, Paul, Jha, Vivekanand, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Kerr, Peter G., Klarenbach, Scott, Kovesdy, Csaba P., Luyckx, Valerie A., Neuen, Brendon, O’Donoghue, Donal, Ossareh, Shahrzad, Perl, Jeffrey, Rashid, Harun Ur, Rondeau, Eric, See, Emily J., Saad, Syed, Sola, Laura, Tchokhonelidze, Irma, Tesar, Vladimir, Tungsanga, Kriang, Kazancioglu, Rumeyza Turan, Yee-Moon Wang, Angela, Yang, Chih-Wei, Zemchenkov, Alexander, Zhao, Ming-hui, Jager, Kitty J., Caskey, Fergus J., Perkovic, Vlado, Jindal, Kailash K., Okpechi, Ikechi G., Tonelli, Marcello, Harris, David C., Johnson, David W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; Cost Sharing; Costs and Cost Analysis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; end-stage kidney disease (ESKD); ESKD care; funding for HD services; global survey; HD accessibility; HD affordability; HD availability; health care delivery; health care disparities; Health Expenditures; health policy; Health Services Accessibility; Hemodialysis (HD); Humans; international differences; Internationality; kidney failure; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Nephrology; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Practice Patterns, Physicians; quality of HD services; Quality of Health Care; Renal Dialysis; renal replacement therapy (RRT); RRT modality; Surveys and Questionnaires; Transportation of Patients; quality of HD services; kidney failure; health care disparities; Hemodialysis (HD); HD affordability; ESKD care; renal replacement therapy (RRT); HD availability; health care delivery; health policy; international differences; HD accessibility; end-stage kidney disease (ESKD); funding for HD services; RRT modality; global survey

Hemodialysis (HD) is the most common form of kidney replacement therapy. This study aimed to examine the use, availability, accessibility, affordability, and quality of HD care worldwide. A cross-sectional survey. Stakeholders (clinicians, policy makers, and consumer representatives) in 182 countrie...