Racial disparities in in-hospital outcomes and costs among U.S. patients on peritoneal dialysis: a 15-year national cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Racial disparities in in-hospital treatment and outcomes among end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) are not well-characterized. This study aims to assess racial differences in treatment, complications, and resource utilization among hospitalized ESKD patients undergoing PD. This study was conducted using the National Inpatient Sample to identify hospitalization of ESKD patients receiving PD from the year 2003 to 2018. The racial difference in in-hospital treatment and outcomes was analyzed using logistic regression and in resource utilization using linear regression. White race was used as the reference group for outcome comparison. The analysis was adjusted for age, sex, year of hospitalization, Charlson comorbidity score, comorbidities, smoking, alc

SUBMITTER: Thongprayoon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12820226 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature