Is Home Dialysis the Way Forward for Medicare? Assessing Potential Cost Savings Associated with Peritoneal Dialysis

Sri Lekha Tummalapalli^{1

2}, Eugene Lin^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
² Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ The Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

Editorial

Sri Lekha Tummalapalli et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 1;33(11):1963-1965.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022091017. Epub 2022 Nov 1.

Sri Lekha Tummalapalli^{1

2}, Eugene Lin^{3

4

5}

¹ Division of Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
² Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ The Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

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Comment on

A Comparison of US Medicare Expenditures for Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis.
Kaplan JM, Niu J, Ho V, Winkelmayer WC, Erickson KF. Kaplan JM, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Nov;33(11):2059-2070. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022020221. Epub 2022 Aug 18. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022. PMID: 35981764 Free PMC article.

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