Influence of satellite dialysis units on utilization and modality selection.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9780494211946
Description: This study aimed to determine the effect of constructing satellite hemodialysis units on local rates of renal replacement therapy (RRT) with a retrospective cross sectional design. Dialysis service areas were constructed by assigning patients to geographic regions based on where patients received hemodialysis. Regions served by dialysis units built before and after 1995 comprised the control group exposure groups respectively. The standardized change in rate of RRT between 1995 and 2002 was calculated for both groups. The means of the rates were compared with a t-test. The mean increases in dialysis rates between 1995 and 2002 for the control and exposure groups were 4.01 and 4.36 per 10,000 people respectively (p=0.8). Areas of Ontario without initial local hemodialysis access showed a trend towards being underserved but his was not statistically significant. The implementation of satellite hemodialysis units did not increase local utilization of hemodialysis beyond the baseline rate.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, page: 1447.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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