Worldwide demographics and future trends in end-stage renal disease.
Dialysis market estimates indicate that over 400,000 patients worldwide were treated with maintenance dialysis. The United States, Europe and Japan have nearly 80% of these patients. This overview examines trends in the observed incidence of treated ESRD, describes international comparisons of utilization of treatment modalities and discusses future trends.
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Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data