Table 3: Annual total utility costs associated with home hemodialysis in 4 diverse cities in Canada (including treatment and routine chemical disinfection protocols*)

Prescription	Rural Lower Mainland†, $	Edmonton†, $	Ottawa§, $	Halifax¶, $
4 h × 500 mL/min × 3/wk	216.04	412.79	555.58	370.49
8 h × 300 mL/min × 6/wk	643.39	1250.93	1670.21	1110.64

*Treatment frequency based on a 31-day month and a chemical disinfection performed after every third treatment and once weekly for the reverse osmosis machine. Costs are based on the highest-tier utility cost from each respective region in October 2016.

†$0.1243/kWh; $0.5057/m³ consumption; $0.7374/m³ waste water.

‡$0.04456/kWh; $2.6208/m³ consumption; $0.7944/m³ waste water.

§$0.1800/kWh; $1.8201/m³ consumption; $1.8201 × 117%/m³ waste water.

¶$0.1480/kWh; $0.8450/m³ consumption; $1.6380/m³ waste water.