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To the Editor: In their review of dialysis therapy, Pastan and Bailey (May 14 issue)¹ state that the average cost of providing care for a patient undergoing dialysis is $45,000 per year. This figure underestimates the cost of dialysis for the majority of patients. Indeed, according to the U.S. Renal Data System, the estimated cost is $54,369 for patients without diabetes who have end-stage renal disease and who are 20 years of age or older and $64,322 for patients with diabetes.² A recent analysis by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh of financial records that included inpatient and outpatient costs . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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