Costs of Assisted Home Dialysis: A Single-Payer Canadian Model From Manitoba

Abstract

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Setting Up Home Dialysis Programs

“…35,38 The costs associated with the provision of the visits and administration of the program is more than offset by cost savings from multiple sources. 30,36,[39][40][41][42] The home program benefits from having more patients choose PD and remain on the modality. For the health care system, avoiding incenter HD is the main cost-saving item.…”

Home dialysis in older adults: challenges and solutions

“…Assisted HHD is increasingly promoted for older adults, including approaches that rely on family caregivers or those that use nursing staff to provide HD for even those with advanced comorbid conditions [ 83 , 84 ]. Nurse-assisted HHD is cost-effective but for both patient- and nurse-assisted HHD, it is emphasized that success is dependent on the quality of training provided for nurses and caregivers and the extent of caregiver support during HHD [ 85–87 ].…”