Peritoneal Dialysis in Europe: An Analysis of Its Rise and Fall

Vol. 24, No. 1, 2006

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Peritoneal Dialysis in Europe: An Analysis of Its Rise and Fall
Norbert Lameire, Patrick Peeters, Raymond Vanholder, Wim Van Biesen

Renal Division, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

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Blood Purif 2006;24:107-114 (DOI: 10.1159/000089446)

Key Words

Renal replacement therapy
End-stage renal disease
Peritoneal dialysis

Abstract

There is a wide variability in the utilization of peritoneal dialysis throughout Europe that cannot be explained by differences in medical factors alone. Over the last years, the utilization of peritoneal dialysis has even changed in individual countries. The main factors of this variation are not medical, but rather changes in reimbursement and other financial considerations. The overall structure of the health care in an individual country is to a large extent determining the use of a renal replacement therapy modality.

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Norbert Lameire
Renal Division, University Hospital Ghent
185, De Pintelaan
BE-9000 Ghent (Belgium)
Tel. +32 9 240 4524, Fax +32 9 240 4599, E-Mail norbert.lameire@ugent.be

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Number of Print Pages : 8
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 3, Number of References : 49

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