As climate change escalates with increasing health impacts, healthcare must address its carbon footprint. A critical first step is understanding the sources and extent of emissions from commonly utilised clinical care pathways. We used attributional process-based life cycle analysis to quantify CO2 equivalent emissions associated with the delivery of Baxter home automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in Australia.
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