Peritoneal dialysis in Europe: an analysis of its rise and fall.
There is a wide variability in the utilization of peritoneal dialysis throughout Europe that cannot be explained by differences in medical factors alone. Over the last years, the utilization of peritoneal dialysis has even changed in individual countries. The main factors of this variation are not medical, but rather changes in reimbursement and other financial considerations. The overall structure of the health care in an individual country is to a large extent determining the use of a renal replacement therapy modality.
Lameire
Norbert
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Renal Division, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. norbert.lameire@ugent.be
Peeters
Patrick
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Vanholder
Raymond
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Van Biesen
Wim
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005060:Europe; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends