In 1982, the DSN was designated by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as the provider of long-distance communications service for the DOD.
1 A basic dialysis machine can be purchased in the regions of $15,000; however, this does not include any necessary supplies such as a drip. 2  For example, a NxStage kidney dialysis machine purchased with supplies can cost upwards of $45,000. 3  This does not include the costs of running the machine.
Figure 3 is a comparison of the total costs of dialysis during the preceding three decades (1971 to 1980, 1981 to 1990, and 1991 to 2000) and the predicted cost of approximately $1.1 trillion for the coming decade (2001 to 2010). Data in Figure 3 represent the total cost for the decade, not the mean annual costs.otal therapy cost per patient per year in the United States is approximately $66,000. Assuming that this figure is a reasonable global average, the annual worldwide cost of maintenance ESRD therapy in the year 2001, excluding renal transplantation, will be between $70 and $75 billion US dollars.