Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Mortality Risk in Children With Kidney Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In adults, treatment at profit dialysis facilities has been associated with a higher risk of death.

Objective

To determine whether profit status of dialysis facilities is associated with the risk of death in children with kidney failure treated with dialysis and whether any such association is mediated by differences in access to transplant.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study reviewed US Renal Data System records of 15 359 children who began receiving dialysis for kidney failure between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2019, in US dialysis facilities. The data analysis was performed between May 2, 2022, and June 15, 2023.

Exposure

Time-updated profit status of dialysis facilities.

Main outcomes and measures

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SUBMITTER: Ku E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481326 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature