Hemodialysis Versus Peritoneal Dialysis Drug Expenditures
By Anshul Bhatnagar, Jingbo Niu, Vivian Ho, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer and Kevin Erickson
Recent initiatives aim to improve…
Vivian Ho, Kevin Erickson May 25, 2023
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Fifty Years of a National Program for the Treatment of Kidney Failure
By Kevin F. Erickson, Melandrea Worsley and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
Fifty years ago, on October 30, then-President…
Kevin Erickson December 19, 2022
A Comparison of U.S. Medicare Expenditures for Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis
Observations that peritoneal dialysis (PD) may be an effective, lower-cost alternative to hemodialysis for the treatment of ESKD have led to policies encouraging PD and subsequent increases in its use in the United States.
Vivian Ho, Kevin Erickson August 19, 2022
Recommendations for COVID Vaccine Acceptance in U.S.
A team of experts recommends community-based strategies for increasing vaccine acceptance in the USA as a means for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peter J. Hotez, Rekha Lakshmanan November 15, 2021
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Still Here, Still Raging, Still Killing
With public health efforts focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, writes fellow Peter Hotez, global health programs have diverted…
Peter J. Hotez October 25, 2021
Restoring Vaccine Diplomacy
More than 60 years ago, the US and the USSR, while in the midst of the Cold War, collaborated to produce and scale a new…
Peter J. Hotez, K. M. Venkat Narayan June 10, 2021
Anti-science Kills: From Soviet Embrace of Pseudoscience to Accelerated Attacks on U.S. Biomedicine
Vaccines and other biomedical advances will not be sufficient to halt COVID-19, unless we simultaneously counter anti-science aggression, writes Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, in a new article for PLOS Biology.
Peter J. Hotez February 28, 2021
Pre-ESKD Nephrology Care and Employment at the Start of Dialysis
The authors found that six months of pre–end-stage kidney disease nephrology care did not significantly improve the likelihood that patients would remain employed when they started dialysis. This finding underscores the need to identify effective methods to help patients stay employed when they transition to dialysis.
Vivian Ho, Kevin Erickson May 18, 2020
Bundled Payment Reform and Dialysis Facility Closures in ESKD
Expanded “payment bundles” for the treatment of end stage kidney disease did not in general increase the risk of closure by dialysis facilities, the authors conclude.
Sayna Norouzi, Bo Zhao, Ahmed Awan, Wolfgang Winkelmayer, Vivian Ho, Kevin Erickson February 5, 2020
Consolidation in Dialysis Markets—Causes, Consequences, and the Role of Policy
Consolidated dialysis markets have coincided with both positive and negative trends in health care costs and outcomes. If the underlying mechanisms that contributed to past consolidation persist, dialysis markets may remain highly concentrated over the long term.
Maryam Saeed, Vivian Ho, Kevin Erickson January 12, 2020