Primary Care Use Linked To Lower Mortality Among People Receiving Dialysis

Visiting a primary care professional during the previous year was linked to lower mortality rates among people with kidney disease receiving center-based hemodialysis compared with those who had no primary care visits, according to a recent study. About 60% of people requiring dialysis had at least one primary care visit in the previous year. Those who had primary care visits also had higher hospitalization and emergency department use than those who had no primary care visits.

For this retrospective cohort study, the researchers compared outcomes for 122,496 people receiving dialysis. The comparison focused on differences in outcomes between . . .