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Recent US policy changes have promoted PD utilization, but it remains unclear how this growth has affected center-level thresholds associated with improved outcomes. This study aimed to characterize facility-level changes in PD patient volume threshold across the United States.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective observational study analyzing PD utilization across US dialysis facilities from 2010 to 2021 using the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Dialysis Facility Compare database. The final analytic cohort included 8982 unique facilities. We used mixed-effects logistic regression models with random facility effects to examine temporal trends in facilities meeting key PD volume thresholds (&gt;0, &gt;20, and &gt;50 patients), adjusting for region, facility size, and profit status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>From 2010 to 2021, facilities with active PD services rose from 38.4% to 44.6%. The proportion of PD-offering facilities with large programs (&gt;20 patients) increased from 22.9% to 29%, while those with very large programs (&gt;50 patients) nearly doubled from 3.5% to 5.9%. In adjusted analyses, facilities in 2021 had significantly higher odds of maintaining programs with &gt;20 patients (odds ratio, 6.08; 95% confidence interval, 4.82 to 7.68) and &gt;50 patients (odds ratio, 8.65; 95% confidence interval, 5.34 to 13.99) compared with 2010. Significant regional variation persisted, with Western facilities consistently maintaining larger PD programs than other regions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While the United States has seen meaningful growth in facilities with large PD programs likely to achieve center effects thresholds, opportunities remain to expand PD access more broadly. Current policies have successfully encouraged some facilities to expand PD programs, but additional interventions may be needed to achieve more widespread adoption and address regional disparities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.34067\/kid.0000000969","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,26]],"date-time":"2025-08-26T16:00:48Z","timestamp":1756224048000},"page":"150-156","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Scaling Peritoneal Dialysis"],"prefix":"10.34067","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0811-6900","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ankur D.","family":"Shah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island"},{"name":"Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-7352-5966","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Afzal","family":"Ariff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cara J.","family":"Sammartino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Science, Johnson and Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8715-3207","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christina A.","family":"Raker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island"},{"name":"Lifespan Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design, and Informatics Core, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2913-9036","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Susie L.","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island"},{"name":"Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"B1-20260129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"108","DOI":"10.1177\/095148489000300205","article-title":"Volume and outcome in hospital care: evidence, explanations and implications","volume":"3","author":"Black","year":"1990","journal-title":"Health Serv Manage Res."},{"issue":"6","key":"B2-20260129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"511","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-137-6-200209170-00012","article-title":"Is volume related to outcome in health care? 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