Dialysis Facility Performance and Social Risk in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model

Dialysis facilities in the US are financially rewarded for higher rates of home dialysis and kidney transplant, but facilities that serve patients with high social risk might have a harder time meeting these goals. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, speaks with Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH, of Brown University, about how this plays out under the ESRD Treatment Choices Model. Related Content: Social Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model