Socioeconomic Factors and Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Initiation of Home Dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Home dialysis has been underused in the United States, especially among minority groups. We investigated whether adjustment for socioeconomic factors would attenuate racial/ethnic differences in the initiation of home dialysis.

Study design

Retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting & population

Adult patients in the US Renal Data System who initiated dialysis on day 1 with either in-center hemodialysis (HD), home HD (HHD), or peritoneal dialysis (PD) from 2005 to 2013.

Predictor

Race/ethnicity: non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, black, or Asian.

Outcome

Initiating dialysis with PD versus in-center HD and HHD versus in-center HD for each minority group compared with non-Hispanic whites.

Analytical approach

Odds ratios and 9

SUBMITTER: Shen JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature