title: The efficiency of renal replacement therapy.
abstract: This study suggests that: 1) small dialysis units are less efficient than larger units; 2) home dialysis is more readily accomplished in VA than in Medicare supported units; and 3) transplantation and home dialysis are 2 to 3 times as "efficient" as center dialysis.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014481:United States