Clinical outcomes of hemodialysis patients in a public-private partnership care framework in Italy: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Innovative care models such as public-private partnerships (PPPs) may help meet the challenge of providing cost-effective high-quality care for the steadily growing and complex chronic kidney disease population since they combine the expertise and efficiency of a specialized dialysis provider with the population care approach of a public entity. We report the five-years main clinical outcomes of a population of patients treated on hemodialysis within a PPP-care model in Italy. METHODS:This descriptive retrospective cohort study consisted of all consecutive hemodialysis patients treated in the NephroCare-operated Nephrology and Dialysis unit of the Seriate Hospital in 2012-2016, which exercises a PPP-care model. Clinical and treatment information was obtained from the European Cl

SUBMITTER: Pedrini LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6359808 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature