Peritoneal Dialysis Use and Practice Patterns: An International Survey Study

• Published in: American journal of kidney diseases Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 315 - 325
• Main Authors: Cho, Yeoungjee, 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, Htay, Htay, Jha, Vivekanand, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Kerr, Peter G., Klarenbach, Scott, Kovesdy, Csaba P., Luyckx, Valerie, 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., 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: access to health care; Administrative Personnel; affordability of health care; Cost Sharing; Costs and Cost Analysis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Delivery of Health Care; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; end-stage renal disease (ESRD); Epidemiology; global survey; health care delivery; health care disparities; Health Expenditures; Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility; home dialysis; Humans; international differences; Internationality; kidney failure; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Nephrologists; Nephrology; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Peritoneal Dialysis; peritoneal dialysis (PD); Physicians; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Quality of Health Care; renal replacement therapy (RRT); RRT modality; Surveys and Questionnaires; affordability of health care; access to health care; kidney failure; home dialysis; health care disparities; renal replacement therapy (RRT); Epidemiology; peritoneal dialysis (PD); health care delivery; health policy; international differences; end-stage renal disease (ESRD); RRT modality; global survey

Approximately 11% of people with kidney failure worldwide are treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study examined PD use and practice patterns across the globe. A cross-sectional survey. Stakeholders including clinicians, policy makers, and patient representatives in 182 countries convened by...