RT Journal
A1 Mitka M
T1 DEveloped countries lag in use of cheaper and easier peritoneal dialysis
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD June 13
VO 307
IS 22
SP 2360
OP 2361
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.5761
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.5761
AB 
Worldwide, an estimated 1.8 million patients receive some form of dialysis, with only about 11% undergoing peritoneal dialysis. In the United States, of more than 390 000 patients who received dialysis in 2010, only about 7% were treated with peritoneal dialysis—down from peak usage in 1995, when 14.4% of US dialysis use was peritoneal.