Racial Differences in Home Dialysis Utilization and Outcomes in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Data on racial disparities in home dialysis utilization and outcomes are lacking in Canada, where health care is universally available.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We studied patients starting maintenance dialysis between 1996 and 2012 in the Canadian Organ Replacement Register, stratified by race: white, Asian, black, Aboriginal, Indian subcontinent, and other. The association between race and treatment with home dialysis was examined using generalized linear models. Secondary outcomes assessed racial differences in all-cause mortality and technique failure using a Fine and Gray competing risk model.

Results

66,600 patients initiated chronic dialysis between 1996 and 2012. Compared with whites (n=46,092), treatment w

SUBMITTER: Trinh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5672971 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature