Home Hemodialysis and Mortality Risk in Australian and New Zealand Populations

• Published in: American journal of kidney diseases Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 782 - 793
• Main Authors: Marshall, Mark R., MBChB, MPH(Hons), FRACP, Hawley, Carmel M., MB,BS(Hons), MMedSci, FRACP, Kerr, Peter G., MB,BS, PhD, FRACP, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., BHB, MBChB, MClinEpi, PhD, FRACP, Marshall, Roger J., PhD, Agar, John W.M., MB,BS, FRCP(Lond), FRACP, McDonald, Stephen P., MB,BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Australia; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort Studies; dialysis modality; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Female; Hemodialysis, Home - mortality; Home hemodialysis; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Male; marginal structural models; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; mortality; multivariate analysis; Nephrology; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; New Zealand; Renal Dialysis; Risk Factors; Survival Rate; New Zealand; Australia; Oceania; mortality; Home hemodialysis; marginal structural models; dialysis modality; multivariate analysis; Human; Nephrology; Hemodialysis; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Epidemiology; Urology; Extrarenal dialysis; Risk factor; Population; Dialysis; Structural model

Background There is a resurgence of interest in home hemodialysis (HD), especially frequent or extended forms involving unconventionally frequent (>3 times/wk) and/or long (>6 hours) treatments. This resurgence is driven by cost containment and experience suggesting lower mortality risk compar...