Hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis, which is cost-effective?

• Published in: Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation 2015-09, Vol.26 (5), p.962-965
• Main Authors: Atapur, Abd al-Amir, Eshaghian, Atifiah, Tahiri, Dianah, Dolatkhah, Shihab al-Din
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analysis; Care and treatment; Chronic kidney failure; Comparative analysis; Cost Savings; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Costs; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug dosages; Economic aspects; Health Care Costs; Health Care Surveys; Hemodialysis; Hospitalization; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic - diagnosis; Kidney Failure, Chronic - economics; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Mortality; Patients; Peritoneal dialysis; Peritoneal Dialysis - economics; Process Assessment (Health Care) - economics; Quality of life; Renal Dialysis - economics; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Treatment Outcome; Variance analysis; الجوانب الاقتصادية; الفشل الكلوي; المرضى; غسيل الكلى; غسيل الكلى البريتوني
• ISSN: 1319-2442; 2320-3838
• DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.164578

There is an increasing need for renal replacement therapy due to the growing number of cases with chronic kidney disease leading to end-stage renal disease. Two modalities of dialysis available are hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD). In this study, we aimed to compare the financial aspects of HD with PD. A total of 53 patients on HD and 43 patients on PD were included in the study and were assessed for several financial aspects of dialysis. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS-18. A statistically significant difference was noted between the HD and PD groups in the need for diagnostic tests, drugs, hospitalization, etc, with PD being less expensive. We strongly suggest physicians in our area to use PD on a larger number of patients for better financial outcome.