2023 USRDS Annual Data Report Sheds New Light on Home Dialysis

The 2023 ADR reports CKD and ESRD data through 2021. Chapter 2 in the ESRD section is on home dialysis. Among new patients, 13.4% did home dialysis in 2021 vs. 7.5% in 2011. Of those on dialysis for 12+ months, 22% did home dialysis. Hispanic and Black patients were still less likely in 2021 to do home dialysis than Asian and White patients, and those with employer group health plans as primary payers (34.3%) were 3+ times more likely to do a home therapy than those with just Medicare and Medicaid (10.2%). This is just the tip of the data iceberg. Read the Home Dialysis chapter..

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• Tailoring the Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription to Fit an Individual's Lifestyle
  10/26 – Michelle Carver, BSN, RN, CNN
• Using a CarGenerator to Power a NxStage Hemodialysis Machine While Camping in an RV
  10/19 – Jennifer Prince

Industry Updates

• Trace Medical to Distribute Tablo Machines to Home Medical Equipment Providers
• Baxter Highlights New Sharesource Data at ASN Kidney Week
• Baxter Empowers has Tools for Healthcare Professionals

Pipeline Technology

• Check out the NextKidney Neokidney HD Machine

Home Dialysis in the News

• Insider Shares a Care Partner Story
• Spokesman Review held a Northwest Passages event about the book Making a Killing

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Dave the Kidney Guy Shares Information and Benefits of Home Hemodialysis
• DPC and Fresenius Held an Instagram Live Event on Home Dialysis

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• CMS Published Final Rule for the 2024 ESRD PPS and QIP
• Congressional Briefing: Patient Safety & Home Dialysis - Unnecessary Risks

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• Steady Glucose Concentration in PD and Sodium Removal
• Surprising Impact of First Dialysis Modality on Survival in Patients with Diabetes
• Rate of Residual Kidney Function Decline and Mortality in PD
• Assisted PD in Europe
• Hope, Quality of Life, and Psychoscial Distress in PD
• Home Dialysis and Psychological Health
• How to Set Up New Home Dialysis Programs

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