The Association of Dialysis Facility Payer Mix With Access to Kidney Transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Insurance coverage for patients with end-stage kidney disease has shifted toward more commercially insured patients at dialysis facilities. The associations among insurance status, facility-level payer mix, and access to kidney transplantation are unclear.

Objective

To determine the association of dialysis facility commercial payer mix and 1-year incidence of wait-listing for kidney transplantation, and to delineate the association of commercial insurance at the patient vs facility level.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective population-based cohort study used data from the United States Renal Data System from 2013 to 2018. Participants included patients aged 18 to 75 years initiating chronic dialysis between 2013 and 2017, excluding patients

SUBMITTER: Cron DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10336615 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature