Patient-Reported Experiences with Dialysis Care and Provider Visit Frequency.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

New payment models resulting from the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative may create incentives for nephrologists to focus less on face-to-face in-center hemodialysis visits. This study aimed to understand whether more frequent nephrology practitioner dialysis visits improved patient experience and could help inform future policy.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

In a cross-sectional study of patients receiving dialysis from April 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016, we linked patient records from a national kidney failure registry to patient experience data from the In-Center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. We used a multivariable mixed effects linear regression model to examine the ass

SUBMITTER: Brady BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8425623 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature