Factors Associated With Withdrawal From Maintenance Dialysis: A Case-Control Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about differences in the clinical course between patients receiving maintenance dialysis who do and do not withdraw from dialysis therapy.

Study design

Case-control analysis.

Setting & participants

US patients with Medicare coverage who received maintenance hemodialysis for 1 year or longer in 2008 through 2011.

Predictors

Comorbid conditions, hospitalizations, skilled nursing facility stays, and a morbidity score based on durable medical equipment claims.

Outcome

Withdrawal from dialysis therapy.

Measurements

Rates of medical events, hospitalizations, skilled nursing facility stays, and a morbidity score.

Results

The analysis included 18,367 (7.7%) patients who withdrew and 220,443 (92.3%) who did not. Patients w

SUBMITTER: Wetmore JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478030 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature