Dialysis modality selection among patients attending freestanding dialysis facilities

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 3-21

  Kendix, Michael ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030695802     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. Ahlmen, J., Carlsson, L., and Schonborg, C.: Well-informed Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Prefer Peritoneal Dialysis to Hemodialysis Peritoneal Dialysis International. 13 (suppl. 2) S196-198, 1993.
2. Barker-Cummings, C., McClellan, W., Soucie, J.M., and Krisher, J.: Ethnic Differences in the Use of Peritoneal Dialysis as Initial Treatment for End-Stage Renal Disease. Journal of the American Medical Association 274(23): 1858-1862, December 20, 1995.
3. Blake, P. G.: Do Mortality Rates Differ Between Hemodialysis and CAPD? A Look at the Canadian vs. U.S. Data. Dialysis and Transplantation 25 (2): 75-81, February 1996.
4. Bullmaster, J. R., Miller, S F., Finley, R. K., Jr. and Jones, L. M.: Surgical Aspects of the Tenckhoff Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter. American Journal of Surgery 149 (3): 339-342, March 1985.
5. Deber, R. B., Blidner, I. N., Carr, L. M. and Barnsley, J. M.: The Impact of Selected Patient Characteristics on practitioners' Treatment Recommendations for End-stage Renal Disease. Medical Care 23(2): 95-109, 1985.
6. Dunham, C., Mattern, W. D., and McGaghie, W. C.: Preferences of Nephrologists among End-stage Renal Disease Treatment Options. American Journal of Nephrology 5: 470-475, 1985.
7. Farias, M. G., Soucie, J.M., McClellan, W., and Mitch, W.E.: Race and the Risk of Peritonitis: An Analysis of Factors Associated With the Initial Episode. Kidney International 46(5):1392-1396, November 1994.
8. Farley, D. O.: Effects of Competition on Dialysis Facility Service Levels and Patient Selection. Doctoral Dissertation, Rand Graduate School, Santa Monica, 1993.
9. Griffiths, R. I., Powe, N. R., Gaskin, D. J., et al.: The Production of Dialysis by For-Profit versus Not-For-Profit Freestanding Renal Dialysis Facilities. Health Services Research 29(4): 473-486, 1994.
10. Hausman, J., and McFadden, D.: A Specification Test for the Multinomial Logit Model. Econometrica 52 (5): 1219-1240, 1984.
11. Health Care Financing Administration: National Listing of Medicare Providers Furnishing Kidney Dialysis and Transplant Services. HCFA Pub. No. 03350. Baltimore, MD. April 1994.
12. Held, P. J., Turenne, M.N., Bovbjerg, R.R., et al.: Cost Effectiveness of ESRD Treatment Modalities. Final Report prepared under Health Care Financing Administration Contract No. HCFA-500-90-0050, May 15, 1992.
13. Held, P. J., and Pauly, M. V.: Competition and Efficiency in the End-Stage Renal Disease Program. Journal of Health Economics 2:95-118, 1983.
14. Hosmer, D.W., and Lemeshow, S.: Applied Logistic Regression. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989.
15. Kendix, M.:Variations in the Provision of the Less Common Modalities Among the Free Standing Renal Dialysis Facilities. Health Care Financing Review 17(4):105-122, Winter 1995
16. Korbet, S. M., Vonesh, E.F., and Firanek, C.A.: A Retrospective Assessment of Risk Factors for Peritonitis Among an Urban CAPD Population. Peritoneal Dialysis International 13(2):126-131, 1993.
17. Mattern, W. D., McGaghie, W. C., Rigby, R. J., et al.: Selection of ESRD Treatments: An International Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 13 (6): 457-464, June 1989.
18. McCloskey, D.N., and Ziliak, S.T.: The Standard Error of Regressions. Journal of Economic Literature 34(1):97-114, March 1996.
19. Nolph, K. D., Lindblad, A. S., and Novak, J. W.: Current Concepts: Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. The New England Journal of Medicine. 318: 1595-1600, June 16, 1988.
20. Radecki, H. E., Mendenhall, R.C., Nissenson, A. R., et al.: Case-Mix and Treatment in End-Stage-Renal-Disease: Hemodialysis versus Peritoneal Dialysis. American Journal of Kidney Disease 11 (1): 7-14, January 1988.
21. Tucker, C. M., Ziller, R.C., Smith, W.R., et al.: Quality of Life of Patients on In-Center Hemodialysis Versus Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International 11(4): 341-346, 1991.
22. U.S. Renal Data System: USRDS 1996 Annual Report. National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Bethesda, MD. April 1996.
23. U.S. Renal Data System: USRDS 1995 Annual Report. National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Bethesda, MD. April 1995.
24. United States Renal Data System: 1995 Annual Data Report, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan: April 1995.