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JAMA. 1970;211(9):1535.

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In a recent issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, Johnson and co-workers¹ reported their experience with chronic hemodialysis in a large medical center, in community hospitals, and in the patients' own homes. They found this therapy could be successfully applied in all three locations at a variable but still relatively high cost. Hemodialysis in the community hospitals and in the patients' homes not only increased the number of patients who could be treated but also reduced the cost considerably. Large dialysis centers, although the most costly, remain necessary as centers for training patients and professional and nonprofessional personnel, for innovations, and as sources of support for hemodialysis and renal transplantation activities.

Home hemodialysis opened up a vast area for potential and now partially realized expansion. It is amazing what a patient and, usually, spouse can learn and achieve when one realizes that they undergo a metamorphosis from a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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