Effect of Nephrology Care on Mortality in Incident Dialysis Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Long-term and continuous nephrology care effects on post-dialysis mortality remain unclear. This study aims to systematically explore the causal effect of nephrology care on mortality for patients with dialysis initiation. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to include incident patients with dialysis for ≥ 3 months in Taiwan from 2004 through 2011. The continuous nephrology care of incident patients in the three years before their dialysis was measured every six months. Continuous nephrology care was determined by 0-6, 0-12, …, 0-36 months and their counterparts; and none, intermittent, 0-6 months, …, and 0-36 months. Simple and weighted hazards ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for one-year mortality were estimated after propensity score (PS) matching. We included a total

SUBMITTER: Chung CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8622450 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature