An International Study of Patient Compliance With Hemodialysis

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Abstract
For the physician, compliance is measured by how well a patient adheres to a prescribed medical regimen, including compliance with appointments, medications, and diet. International differences in patient compliance have not been well characterized but could greatly alter the efficacy of various therapies and potentially explain differences in patient outcomes between countries.1,2 Differences in compliance could be partly responsible for inferior gross survival of patients undergoing dialysis in the United States compared with that of other developed nations.3 For this reason, an international comparison of patient compliance with hemodialysis regimens was undertaken.