INFOGRAPHIC: The promise of home dialysis
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Dialysis for end-stage renal disease is inconvenient for patients as they typically have to travel to hospital three times a week for several hours at a time. Various companies are working on home and portable dialysis solutions that could make these frequent hospital trips a thing of the past. And these firms could benefit from government initiatives and targets set by various countries, including the UK, aimed at increasing the number of patients treated at home.