Dialysis facility closures linked to patient hospitalizations and deaths

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/930515

 

 News Release 4-Oct-2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
American Society of Nephrology

 

    Patients with kidney failure who were affected by dialysis facility closures between 2001 and 2014 experienced 7% to 9% higher rates of hospitalizations compared with similar patients at facilities that did not close.
    Also, patients affected by closures may have faced an 8% higher risk of dying within 6 months.
 

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