Centre-level variation in the survival of patients receiving haemodialysis in India: findings from a nationwide private haemodialysis network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are no large studies examining survival in patients receiving haemodialysis in India or considering centre-level effects on survival. We measured survival variation between dialysis centres across India and evaluated the extent to which differences are explained by measured centre characteristics.

Methods

This is a multilevel analysis of patient survival in centres of the NephroPlus dialysis network consisting of 193 centres across India. Patients receiving haemodialysis at a centre for ≥90 days between April 2014 and June 2019 were included, with analyses restricted to centres with ≥10 such patients. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, measured from 90 days after joining a centre. Proportional hazards models with shared frailty were used to model c

SUBMITTER: Hockham C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11004392 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature