Disparities Remain in U.S. Home HD: We Need to Do Better!

A recent journal article using USRDS data to compare home HD to center HD found that patients who were non-white, older, and with more comorbidities were less likely to do home HD. Among minorities, Black patients were more likely to do home HD than Asian, Hispanic, or patients of other races. Neither demographic nor medical reasons explained the difference. Overall, minority patients had a lower risk of death and hospitalization than white patients, when adjusted for other factors. Home HD patients had a significantly lower death risk than center HD patients and were more likely to have fewer hospitalizations. Starting in 2025, CMS will have two new QIP measures for social drivers of health in dialysis facilities.

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• View from the Chair: Why Did You Choose Your Dialysis Option?
  01/11 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• The Rainbow of Peritoneal Dialysis Effluent Possibilities
  01/04 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• A Quick Summary of 2024 Medicare Changes that Affect Dialysis Patients
  12/21 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Preparing for a New Routine on Your Dialysis Journey
  12/14 – Lyndsay Crowson, MSN, RN

Pipeline Technology

• New Measure of Home Dialysis Dropout

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Annaliese Chose Home HD to Best Fit Her Life and Raise Her Son
• Christina Celebrated Christmas Doing Home Dialysis While Camping
• Baby Sully Does PD

Industry Updates

• Quanta Machine is Safe and Effective
• Minimally-invasive Hernia Repair for PD

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• World Kidney Day 2024

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Among Prediabetic Patients, PD Nearly Tripled the Risk of New Onset Diabetes vs. HS
• Urgent-start PD vs. Urgent-start HD: Meta-analysis
• Mechanical Complications of PD
• Non-mechanical Complications of PD
• The Impact of Abdominal Adhesions on PD
• Progression of Brain Atrophy in PD vs. HD
• Is Wearable HD Moving Forward?
• Patient Training and Safety with Home HD

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