RT Book, Section
A1 Weinhandl, Eric
A2 Knicely, Daphne H.
A2 Abdel-Rahman, Emaad M.
A2 Greenberg, Keiko I.
SR Print(0)
ID 1178969936
T1 Hospitalization and Home Hemodialysis
T2 Handbook of Home Hemodialysis
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260458633
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178969936
RD 2024/10/05
AB Hospitalization  remains  one  of  the  greatest  burdens  in  the  dialysis  patient  population.  According  to  the  United  States  Renal  Data  System  (USRDS),  the  rate  of  hospital  admission  in  dialysis  patients  with  Medicare  fee-for-service  coverage  during  2017  was  1750  admissions  per  1000  patient-years.  Although  this  rate  of  hospital  admissions  is  modestly  lower  than  the  corresponding  rate  15  years  earlier,  it  has  exhibited  little  movement  during  the  most  recent  5  years  of  data  collection.  With  respect  to  cumulative  duration  of  hospitalization,  the  rate  of  hospitalized  days  in  dialysis  patients  with  Medicare  fee-for-service  coverage  in  2017  was  11.2  days  per  patient-year.  Interestingly,  this  rate  translates  to  roughly  45  hospitalized  minutes  per  calendar  day.  From  that  perspective,  the  human  toll  of  hospitalization  on  dialysis  patients  and  their  families  is  plainly  evident.1