Research and publications
Medicare FAQs
We've gathered together up-to-date information on reimbursement for treatments, home equipment, training, travel, physician billing codes, and more, prepared by national expert Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW. Read more »
Innovative papers
Nephrology is an evolving field—and we want to share some of its highlights with you. Every two weeks, our distinguished nephrologist consultants from around the globe choose an exemplary and influential article about dialysis, and a co-author of the paper writes a summary for Home Dialysis Central. A commentary on the merits of the article is made by one of our consultants. Read more »
PubMed research briefs
The National Library of Medicine has made it possible to search in PubMed Medline for free full-text articles (see PubMed Help). We are using this capability to provide subject searches in free PubMed journals. (NOTE: Clicking a link below will bring up search results from PubMed's website in this window. To return to this page, use your back button.)
- Search for articles on peritoneal dialysis and cost.
- Search for articles on peritoneal dialysis and outcomes.
- Search for articles on home hemodialysis and cost.
- Search for articles on home hemodialysis and outcomes.
- Search for articles on daily home hemodialysis and cost.
- Search for articles on daily home hemodialysis and outcomes.
- Search for articles on nocturnal home hemodialysis and cost.
- Search for articles on nocturnal home hemodialysis and outcomes.
Quotidian registry
The use of daily (quotidian) hemodialysis is rapidly increasing as growing evidence points to significant improvements in cardiovascular, metabolic, and nutritional parameters as well as quality of life in patients treated with these regimens. Read more »