Survival of patients on short daily haemodialysis was 2-3 times better than that of matched three times weekly haemodialysis patients reported by the USRDS.

Daily hemodialysis appears to be a suitable method to improve nutritional status in maintenance dialysis patients.

If adequate choice is given, out-center HD offers a reliable and safe modality of dialysis with better survival results than survival in full-care in-center HD. In addition, out-center HD ensures a striking financial benefit as compared with the higher costs if the same patients were treated with full-care in-center HD. These modalities should be encouraged for all HD patients who are able to be treated by out-center modalities.