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Press releases for publication
- New, FREE How-to Manual Helps Dialysis Staff Teach Patients to Self-Cannulate
(April 10, 2010) - Medical Education Institute Uses In-flight Audio to Raise Awareness of Kidney Disease and Home Dialysis During National Kidney Month (March 2010)
(March 11, 2010) - MATCH-D 2.0: New version documents assessment for PD & home dialysis suitability
(August 25, 2009) - Dialysis patients prepare for changes in Medicare payment policy
(July 23, 2009) - New home dialysis poster from Home Dialysis Central
(May 19, 2008) - Learn about home dialysis during National Kidney Month
(March 1, 2008)
Monthly e-newsletter archives
- Home Dialysis Central update - June 2010
- Home Dialysis Central update - May 2010
- Home Dialysis Central update - April 2010
- Home Dialysis Central update - March 2010
- Home Dialysis Central update - February 2010
- Home Dialysis Central update - January 2010
- Home Dialysis Central update - December 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - November 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - October 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - September 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - August 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - July 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - June 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - May 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - April 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - March 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - February 2009
- Home Dialysis Central update - January 2009
Industry press
- Baxter warns against overfill using HomeChoice or HomeChoice PRO PD cyclers (January 8, 2010)
- CMS releases regulation modernizing dialysis centers (April 3, 2008)
- FDA clears new design of Allient Sorbent dialysis system (October 22, 2007)
General dialysis information for the media
Are U.S. kidney patients simply too old to do home dialysis? It doesn't appear so: fully half are working-age (20-64). Plus, motivated patients of any age can do home dialysis—either PD or home hemodialysis—with a helper.
While the dialysis patient population has more than tripled in the past 15 years, the vast majority of new patients are put on in-center hemo (see blue line, below), while home dialysis therapies have stayed flat or even lost ground.
In 2005, the most recent year for which national statistics are available, 94% of ESRD patients were treated with either in-center hemodialysis or a kidney transplant: only 6% of patients were using home dialysis.
Excluding transplant, just under 9% of patients use any form of home dialysis.
Among new patients who start using a form of home dialysis, CCPD has been gaining ground, CAPD has been losing some, and home hemodialysis is beginning to gain ground, driven by new technology. Even newer emerging technology, the nursing shortage, commitment to home dialysis on the part of the coalition of supporters sponsoring this site, and greater awareness of the benefits of home treatment may help to turn these numbers around.
There is good news, however! Since the launch of Home Dialysis Central, the numbers of programs that offer home hemodialysis training in the U.S. has shown tremendous growth.
| Year | Conventional HHD | Daily HHD | Nocturnal HHD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 294 | 37 | 73 |
| 2005 | 340 | 84 | 95 |
| 2006 | 343 | 99 | 99 |
| 2007 | 385 | 174* | 151 |
| Growth | 31% | 370% | 107% |
Note: the numbers of daily HHD programs in the Home Dialysis Central database are somewhat under-represented pending receipt of additional programs from NxStage. Growth in daily HHD is actually somewhat higher than this table represents.
Peritoneal dialysis training programs have grown as well.
| Year | CAPD | CCPD |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1460 | 1428 |
| 2005 | 1525 | 1497 |
| 2006 | 1526 | 1499 |
| 2007 | 1581 | 1555 |
| Growth | 8% | 9% |