Country | Type of asPD provided | Paid caregiver | Costs |
---|---|---|---|
France [20] | CAPD/ APD | Private nurse reimbursed directly by the French Healthcare insurance | CAPD: 23,400 € /patient/year |
 | (up to 4 visits/daily) |  | APD: 18,200 € /patient/year |
Denmark [22] | APD (up to 2 visits daily) | Community nurses or nursing home staff | APD: 54 €/hourly |
 |  |  | 16,178 € /patient/year |
Canada, Ontario [20] | CAPD/APD (up to 2 visits/day) | Home care nurses | Additional cost of providing assistance 12,000 $ CA (median 4.6 visits/week) |
Belgium [11] | CAPD/APD | Registered nurses (reimbursed by patient’s health insurance provider) | CAPD: 9360 € /patient/year (regardless the number of exchanges) |
 |  |  | APD: 5356 € /patient/year (for 2 visits/day) |
Spain (Canary island) [11] | CAPD/APD | Nurses | 20 €/ day (7280 €/patients/year) |
Italy (Milano) [28] | CAPD/APD | Health care workers publicly paid | Â |
United Kingdom [27] | APD (1 visit/daily) | Health care workers | Â |
Canada, British Columbia [23] | APD | Trained caregiver with no prerequisite of clinical or heath care certification | Additional cost of providing assistance 15,000 $ CA |
Italy (Alba) [30] | APD/CAPD | Video dialysis | Â |
CAPD | Family members, domestic workers (paid by the employer), nursing home staff | Â |