Economic Burden of Incident Unplanned Starts on Peritoneal Dialysis in a High Specialty Health Care Facility in Mexico City.

Objectives: Few studies have examined hospitalization costs for unplanned initiation of peritoneal dialysis (PD). We used data from a health care facility in Mexico to examine first hospitalization costs associated with the unplanned initiation of PD.

Methods: Descriptive analyses focusing on initial hospitalization costs during the unplanned initiation of PD were conducted.