Peritoneal dialysis in Indonesia: Current status, challenges and prospects

Despite an increase in incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) use of 20% per year, the overall PD prevalence in Indonesia is only 1-2%, with the goal of 30% yet to be reached by 2019. In the absence of contraindications, increasing continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) use may be an attractive option for Indonesia to reduce the high costs of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treatment. The implementation of CAPD in Indonesia faces several challenges, including the cost of PD, the unique archipelagic geography, limited facilities and trained medical personnel in rural areas, inadequate reimbursement rates and incentive fees, high rates of PD discontinuation, as well as insufficient knowledge regarding CAPD by the general public and health professionals. Changes in the policy of medical service incentive fees and improvements in the national health insurance system regulation over CAPD may improve the utilization of PD for ESKD patients in Indonesia. Nationwide promotional and preventive efforts on chronic kidney disease, dialysis modality education and establishment of PD training programs for medical professionals are necessary.