Association of the Comprehensive ESRD Care Model with Treatment Adherence

ABSTRACT: Key Points Improving dialysis adherence was a strategic objective of many providers in the Comprehensive ESRD Care (CEC) Model. We assessed adherence using the percent of treatments received as-scheduled rate and likelihood a skipped treatment was rescheduled. Adherence was improved among patients aligned to the CEC Model relative to the matched comparison group, but the effect magnitudes were modest. Visual Abstract

Background

Poor adherence to scheduled dialysis treatments is common and can cause adverse clinical and economic outcomes. In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launched the Comprehensive ESRD Care (CEC) Model, a novel modification of the Accountable Care Organization framework. Many model participants reported efforts to increase dialysis adheren

SUBMITTER: Hirth R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9255885 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature