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                        DIALYSIS CORPORATION OF AMERICA

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                   NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                June 10, 1998

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To Shareholders:

     The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of DIALYSIS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
 (the "Company") will be held at the Don Shula Hotel, 15255 Bull Run Road, 
Miami Lakes, Florida on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 12:00 p.m., for the 
following purposes:

     1.   To elect four members to the board of directors to serve until 
          the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders; and

     2.   To transact such other business as may properly come before the 
          meeting or any adjournment thereof.

     The board of directors has fixed the close of business on April 17, 
1998, as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled
to notice of and to vote at the meeting and any adjournment thereof.

     Your copy of the Annual Report of the Company for 1997 is enclosed.

     You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.


                                By Order of the Board of Directors
                                LAWRENCE E. JAFFE
                                Secretary

Hialeah, Florida
May 1, 1998

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                       DIALYSIS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
                            2337 West 76th Street
                            Hialeah, Florida 33016

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             Information Statement for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
                                June 10, 1998

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Matters to be Considered at the Meeting

     This Information Statement and the Company's Annual Report to Share-
holders for the year ended December 31, 1997, anticipated to be mailed 
on or about May 4, 1998, is solicited by and on behalf of the board of 
directors of Dialysis Corporation of America, a Florida corporation (the 
"Company") for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be 
held on Wednesday, June 10, 1998, at the Don Shula Hotel, 15255 Bull Run 
Road, Miami Lakes, Florida at 12:00 p.m., including any adjournment 
thereof, for the purposes set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting.  

     The Company will request brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and custodians
to forward this Information Statement and the Company's Annual Report to 
their principals and beneficial owners, and will reimburse such persons 
for reasonable expenses incurred by them in forwarding such materials.  

Record Date

     The board of directors has fixed the close of business on April 17, 
1998, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled 
to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment 
thereof.  Only shareholders of record on that date are entitled to vote 
at the meeting. 

Voting Securities

     As of April 17, 1998 there were 3,651,344 shares of common stock, 
$.01 par value ("Common Stock") outstanding and entitled to be voted at 
the Annual Meeting.  Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote. 
A majority of the outstanding shares is needed for a quorum and a 
plurality of the votes cast is necessary to effectuate election of the 
directors.  A majority of shares represented at the meeting is sufficient 
to effectuate any other matter that may properly come before the meeting, 
except as otherwise required by applicable law.  The Company's parent, 
Medicore, Inc. ("Medicore" or the "Parent"), intends to vote its 2,410,622 
shares of the Company's Common Stock, or approximately 66% voting equity 
of the Company, in favor of election of each of the four (4) nominees for 
directors (see "Election of Directors"), thereby assuring the election of 
the four nominees.  See "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners 
and Management."

                      WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND
                    YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY

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                 SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
                               AND MANAGEMENT

     The following table sets forth as of April 17, 1998, the names and 
beneficial ownership of the equity securities of the Company and its 
subsidiaries and of Medicore, the Parent, for directors, individually 
itemized, and for directors and officers as a group, without naming them, 
and for each of the named executive officers disclosed in the Summary 
Compensation Table (see "Executive Compensation") and for shareholders 
known to the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of its voting 
securities.

                 Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1)

                             Dialysis                    Medicore
                             Common                      Common
 Name                        Stock            %(2)(3)    Stock      %(2)(4)
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Medicore, Inc.               2,410,622          66%(5)    ---        ---
2337 W. 76th St.
Hialeah, FL 33016

Thomas K. Langbein           2,460,622(6)     67.4%   1,043,414(7)  17.1%
c/o Medicore, Inc. 
777 Terrace Avenue, 
Hasbrouck Heights, 
  NJ 07604

Bart Pelstring                  50,000(8)      1.4%      85,000(9)   1.4%
c/o Dialysis Corporation 
  of America
27 Miller Avenue
Lemoyne, PA  17043

Robert W. Trause*                  -0-         -0-%         -0-      -0-%
414A Hackensack Street
Carlstadt, NJ  07072

Dr. Herbert I. Soller*           5,000(10)  less than       -0-      -0-%
100 Chestnut Street                            1%
P.O. Box 701
Harrisburg, PA  17108

All directors and
executive officers 
as a group (6 persons)       2,528,122(5)(6)  69.2%   1,449,464     23.5%(11)

* Member of the Audit Committee

(Notes on next page)

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(1)  Based upon information furnished to the Company by either the 
     directors and officers or obtained from the stock transfer books of the 
     Company.  The Company is informed that these persons hold sole voting 
     and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock 
     except as noted herein.

(2)  For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares held 
     by each person or group of persons named in this table, any security 
     which such person or group of persons has the right to acquire within 
     60 days of April 17, 1998 is deemed to be outstanding for purposes 
     of computing the percentage ownership of such person or persons, but 
     is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the 
     percentage ownership of any other person.

(3)  Based on 3,651,344 shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Does not 
     include (i) 100,000 treasury shares; (ii) options for 24,500 shares of 
     the Company's Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of the 
     remaining outstanding options under the 1995 Plan; and (iii) options 
     for 10,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock reserved for issuance 
     upon exercise of outstanding options granted to medical directors in 
     1996.  See Note (2) and "Executive Compensation - Options, Warrants 
     or Rights."

(4)  Based on 5,856,940 shares outstanding.  Does not include 841,000 
     shares of common stock underlying options granted under Medicore's 1989
     Stock Option Plan, which options are not transferable and are exer-
     cisable through April 17, 2000 at $2.38 per share.  See Note (2) and 
     "Executive Compensation - Options, Warrants or Rights."

(5)  Officers and directors of Medicore, including those directors of the 
     Company and Medicore who may be shareholders of each company, except 
     Thomas K. Langbein (see Note (6)), disclaim any indirect beneficial 
     ownership of the Company's Common Stock through Medicore's 66% 
     ownership of the Company. 

(6)  Includes (i) Medicore's 2,410,622 share ownership, by virtue of 
     his position with the Company and Medicore and his stock ownership 
     of Medicore, which may deem Mr. Langbein to have beneficial ownership 
     of such shares through shared voting and investment power with 
     respect to Medicore's ownership of the Company; Mr. Langbein disclaims
     such entire beneficial ownership, but for his proportionate interest, 
     approximately 412,000 shares of the Company (11.3%); and (ii) 50,000 
     shares of Common Stock of the Company which are deemed "control 
     shares" by virtue of Mr. Langbein's status as an "affiliate" as 
     defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.  See "Executive Compensa-
     tion - Options, Warrants or Rights."

(7)  Includes 250,000 shares underlying options granted in 1995, exer-
     cisable at $2.38 per share through April 17, 2000.  Does not include 
     (i) 15,700 shares each held in the names of Mr. Langbein's two 
     children who are of majority age; and (ii) an option to acquire up 
     to 400,000 shares of common stock in lieu of a lump sum payment, 
     which option is not presently exercisable except in the event of a 
     change in control of Medicore.  See Note (4) and "Employment Contracts 
     and Termination of Employment and Change-In-Control Arrangements" and 
     "Options, Warrants or Rights" under the caption "Executive Compensa-
     tion."

(8)  The 50,000 shares are deemed "control shares" by virtue of Mr. 
     Pelstring's status as an "affiliate" under Rule 144 of the Securities 
     Act.  See "Executive Compensation - Options, Warrants or Rights."

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(9)  Includes 30,000 shares underlying options granted in 1995, exercisable
     at $2.38 per share through April 17, 2000.  See Note (4) and "Executive
     Compensation - Options, Warrants, or Rights."

(10) Reflects an option to purchase exercisable at $4.75 per share through 
     August 18, 1999.  See Note (3)(iii) above and "Executive Compensation 
     - Options, Warrants or Rights."

(11) Includes 310,000 shares of Medicore's common stock underlying the 
     options granted under Medicore's 1989 Stock Option Plan.  See Notes 
     (2) and (4) and "Executive Compensation - Options, Warrants or Rights."

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                          ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

     At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will elect four directors to serve 
for a one year term and until each of their successors is elected and 
qualified.  The By-laws of the Company provide that the board of directors 
shall not be less than two nor more than six persons, and since less than 
the maximum number of directors are to be elected, which is permissible 
pursuant to the Company's By-laws, shareholders cannot vote for a greater 
number of persons than the number of nominees named.  The By-laws, as 
presently constituted, provide that the majority of directors have the 
right to appoint candidates to fill any vacancies on the board, whether 
through death, retirement or other termination of a director, or through 
an increase in the board.  At such time that qualified candidates are 
available to serve, the majority of the board, although less than a 
quorum, or by a sole remaining director, may appoint such person(s) to 
fill the vacancy now existing.  When appointed, such director shall then 
serve for the remainder of the term.

     The affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares of Common Stock 
represented at the meeting is required to elect the four directors.  
Cumulative voting is not permitted in the election of directors.  Conse-
quently, each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each share of Common 
Stock held in his name.  Medicore owns 66% of the voting stock of the 
Company and intends to vote all of its Common Stock in favor of the 
election of the persons named below as nominees for directors, thereby 
assuring the election of the four nominees. The nominees have consented 
to be named herein and to serve on the board of directors.  If any nominee 
is unable to serve as a director (which presently is not anticipated), the 
Common Stock will be voted for such substituted nominee as may be designated
by the present board of directors.  There is no nominating committee with 
nominations for director considered by the entire board of directors.

     For additional information concerning the nominees for the board of 
directors, including compensation and share ownership, see "Security Owner-
ship of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management," "Executive Compensation"
and "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions."

                                Current Position and
Name                    Age     Areas of Responsibility  Position Held Since
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Thomas K. Langbein      52      Chairman of the Board and        1982
                                Chief Executive Officer          1990

Bart Pelstring          57      President                        1986
                                and Director                     1985

Robert W. Trause        55      Director                         1998*

Dr. Herbert I. Soller   61      Director                         1998*

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*  Appointed by the board on February 13, 1998

     Thomas K. Langbein has been affiliated with the Company since March, 
1980 when he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors and President.
Mr. Langbein relinquished the position of President in September, 1986 when
he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  He is 

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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of each of the Company's 
subsidiaries.  Mr. Langbein is also the Chairman of the Board, Chief 
Executive Officer and President of Medicore, the parent of the Company.  
He is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Techdyne, 
Inc. ("Techdyne") a 63% owned public subsidiary of Medicore engaged in the 
manufacturer, assembly and distribution of electronic and electro-mechanical
components (approximately 70% owned if include the Techdyne convertible 
note).  Mr. Langbein is President, sole shareholder and director of Todd 
& Company, Inc., ("Todd") a broker-dealer registered with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission and a member of the NASD.  Mr. Langbein devotes 
most of his time to the affairs of the Company, Medicore and Techdyne.  
See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions."

     Bart Pelstring has been affiliated with the Company since 1976.  Mr. 
Pelstring was appointed Vice-President of Operations in March, 1980 and 
served in that capacity until September, 1986 when he was appointed as 
President of the Company, which position as well as director (elected in 
July, 1985) he holds with the Company's subsidiaries.  Mr. Pelstring is a 
founding member of the National Renal Administrators Association and was 
the founder and president of the Florida Renal Administrators Association.

     Robert W. Trause is a senior commercial account specialist engaged 
in the marketing of commercial insurance specializing in property and 
casualty insurance sales to mid-to-large range companies.  He is affiliated
with an insurance agency in New Jersey with which he has been since 1991.

     Dr. Herbert I. Soller is a medical director certified by the American 
Board of Internal Medicine and specializing in nephrology.  He is medical 
director of the Company's Carlisle and Lemoyne, Pennsylvania dialysis 
facilities.  See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions."  Dr. 
Soller is a member of many state and medical nephrology and internal 
medicine societies and is affiliated with several hospitals in Pennsylvania.

     The term of office for directors and officers of the Company is one 
year.  The Company only has one board committee, the audit committee.  The 
audit committee consisted of Messrs. Langbein and Ouzts, both of whom are 
officers of the Company and are officers and/or directors of and employed 
by Medicore.  The audit committee now consists of the two newly appointed 
independent directors, Messrs. Trause and Soller, and Mr. Langbein.  The 
responsibilities of the audit committee include recommending to the board 
of directors the firm of independent accountants to serve the Company, 
reviewing the independent accountants' reports, services, fees and results 
of audit, and reviewing the scope, results and adequacy of the internal 
control procedures.  No member of the audit committee receives a fee for 
services.  The Company has no compensation, nominating or stock option 
committee since the board is of such a size that it can deal with these 
matters as a whole and implement decisions effectively and in a coordinated
manner.

     For the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has held six meetings
of its board of directors, including action by unanimous written consent.
All of the directors participated at all the meetings.

     No director or any committee member receives any compensation for 
acting as such.  The By-laws provide for the payment of and the Company 
pays the reasonable expenses for directors' attendance at meetings.  In 
lieu of any such compensation or per meeting fees to directors for acting 
as such, the Company has provided directors, its employees and advisors 
with options to purchase Common Stock of the Company at fair market value 
as of the date of grant.  See "Executive Compensation - Options, Warrants 
or Rights" and "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Manage-
ment."

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     There is no family relationship between any officer or director of the 
Company.


                             EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     The Summary Compensation Table below sets forth compensation paid by 
the Company and its subsidiaries for the last three fiscal years ended 
December 31, 1997 for services in all capacities of its Chief Executive 
Officer.  Other than for 1997 relating to Bart Pelstring, President, no 
principal executive officer of the Company received a total annual salary, 
bonus or other compensation which exceeded $100,000.


                          Summary Compensation Table


                                                       Long Term
                       Annual Compensation         Compensation Awards
                     ----------------------------- -------------------
(a)                  (b)      (c)        (e)              (f)                       (i)
                                                       Securities                All Other
                                                       Underlying              Compensation
                                        Other        Options/SARs(#)                ($)
Name and                              Annual Com-  -------------------  ------------------------
Principal Position  Year   Salary($) pensation($) Company    Medicore  Company         Medicore
- ------------------   ----   --------- ------------ -------    --------  -------         --------
                                                                   
Thomas K. Langbein, 
 CEO                 1997   ______(1)   _____(2)   -------    -------    74,500(1)(3)   -------
                     1996   65,000(1)   5,000(2)   -------    250,000(4) -------        94,200(1)
                     1995   58,000(1)   5,000(2)   50,000(3)  250,000(4) -------        -------

Bart Pelstring, 
 President           1997   77,300(5)   8,900(6)   -------    -------    74,500(3)(5)   -------
                     1996      *        -----      -------     30,000(4) -------        21,700(5)
                     1995      *        -----      50,000(3)   30,000(4) -------        -------



* Annual Compensation, bonuses and other annual or other compensation 
  did not exceed $100,000.

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(1)  Annual compensation paid by Medicore, which was $257,000, $262,000 
     (including a $25,000 bonus) and $230,100 respectively, for fiscal 1997, 
     1996 and 1995.  Does not include (i) the June, 1996 Medicore forgive-
     ness of a promissory note in the amount of $94,200 (including interest)
     for an option exercise for Medicore common stock in 1994 (see Note (4) 
     to "Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises In Last Fiscal Year and FY-End 
     Option/SAR Values"table below); and (ii) the December, 1997 Company 
     forgiveness of a promissory note in the amount of $74,500 for an 
     option exercise for the Company's Common Stock in December, 1997.  
     See Column (i), "All Other Compensation."  Amounts included in the 
     Summary Compensation Table reflect the compensation allocated to the 
     Company in proportion to the time spent on behalf of the Company.

(2)  Automobile allowance and related expenses, and life and disability 
     insurance premiums paid by Medicore amounted to $34,300, $24,800 and 
     $26,100, respectively for 1997, 1996 and 1995. As part of the general 
     corporate overhead allocation, the amounts in the Summary Compensation
     Table reflect that portion allocated to the Company.

(3)  The options for 50,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock were 
     exercised effective December 31, 1997 at $1.50 per share.  Considera-
     tion for such shares was paid in cash for the par value and a 
     promissory note was issued for the balance.  On December 31, 1997, the

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     Company forgave the indebtedness under the promissory notes, which 
     notes were cancelled.  See "Options, Warrants or Rights."

(4)  The $3.00 exercise price of the options for 250,000 shares of 
     Medicore common stock granted in 1995 was reduced in December, 1996 
     to $2.38, its then fair market value, and is deemed a new grant of 
     options.  See Note (4) of "Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises In Last 
     Fiscal Year and FY-End Options/SAR Values." 

(5)  Mr. Pelstring has no employment agreement with the Company.  Mr. 
     Pelstring's salary does not include (i) the June, 1996 Medicore 
     forgiveness of a promissory note in the amount of $21,700 (including 
     interest) for an option exercise for Medicore common stock by Mr. 
     Pelstring in 1994 (see Note (4) to "Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises 
     In Last Fiscal Year and FY-End Option/SAR Values" table below); and 
     (ii) the December, 1997 Company forgiveness of a promissory note in 
     the amount of $74,500 for an option exercise for the Company's Common 
     Stock in December, 1997.  See Column (i), "All Other Compensation."

(6)  $100,000 term life insurance policy and auto allowances for fuel, 
     repairs, and maintenance.


Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-In-Control 
Arrangements

     The Company has no employment agreements with any of its officers or 
directors.  Mr. Langbein has an employment agreement with Medicore through 
May 31, 1999 at an annual salary of $220,000 with yearly increases in 
increments of no less than $10,000 which increases Mr. Langbein had waived 
in prior years.  In June, 1995 the $10,000 yearly increment went into 
effect.  Medicore also provides Mr. Langbein with an automobile allowance 
of $850 per month.

     The Medicore employment agreement provides upon his death for payment 
of three years full salary to his children or other designee of Mr. 
Langbein, and provides for reimbursement of reasonable business expenses 
and full salary for the remainder of the term of the employment agreement 
in the event of disability.  Medicore maintains an income disability 
insurance policy for Mr. Langbein.  The agreement also provides for life 
insurance, of which a $500,000 policy owned by Medicore was assigned to Mr. 
Langbein in the first quarter of 1997.  Medicore also maintains a $750,000 
whole life insurance policy and a $350,000 term life insuring the life of 
Mr. Langbein with Mr. Langbein as the owner of the policies.  His former 
wife is beneficiary of $550,000 of these insurance policies, with his two 
children beneficiaries to the balance.  Most of Mr. Langbein's life 
insurance is obtained through George Langbein, his brother, who is an 
independent sales representative for the Company.  See "Certain Relation-
ships and Related Transactions."  

     Based upon any wrongful termination of his employment agreement, which 
includes changes in control of Medicore through an acquiring person (any 
person who has acquired or announces a tender offer or exchange for 25% of 
Medicore), a sale of substantially all of the assets, a merger, or an 
acquisition of Medicore or its consolidation with another entity, or 
certain types of board changes, Medicore shall pay Mr. Langbein a lump 
sum payment, based upon his then compensation, including benefits and 
perquisites, for the next three years from such termination.  At Mr. 
Langbein's option, he may elect, in lieu of any such lump sum payment, to 
take common stock of Medicore equivalent to such lump sum payment based 
upon the lowest closing price of the stock as reported by the principal 
stock exchange upon which the shares are then trading, or if the trading 
is then in the over-the-counter market, presently trading on the Nasdaq 
National Market, then as reported by Nasdaq or other inter-dealer quotation
medium, within 30 days of such wrongful termination or change in control.  
Medicore has reserved up to 400,000 shares of its common 

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stock for such option, and has granted Mr. Langbein one time demand and 
five year "piggy-back" registration rights with respect to the shares Mr. 
Langbein may obtain upon any wrongful termination with or change in 
control of Medicore in lieu of any lump sum payment as provided in the 
employment agreement.  Such registration of the stock of Medicore would 
be at the sole cost and expense of Medicore except with respect to Mr. 
Langbein's legal fees and commissions or discounts upon sale of such stock.

     The employment agreement also contains a two (2) year non-competition 
provision within a 20 mile radius of Medicore's primary operation in 
Florida.  Medicore has the right, upon Mr. Langbein's termination, to 
require further non-competition provisions of Mr. Langbein in the United 
States for consideration of $4,000 per month, increasing 5% in any twelve-
month period.

     Certain executive personnel and administrative facilities of the 
Company, Medicore and Techdyne were common for fiscal 1997, and to that 
extent, certain corporate overhead of these companies were shared 
equitably among the three companies.  Messrs. Langbein, an officer and 
director of the Company, Medicore and Techdyne, and Ouzts, an officer of 
each company, divide a portion of their time and effort to each company 
and their compensation was allocated proportionately for the year.  See 
"Executive Compensation" above and "Certain Relationships and Related 
Transactions."  

Compensation of Directors

     Standard Arrangements

     There are no standard arrangements for compensating any director 
for acting in such capacity or for acting on any committee.  Directors 
are reimbursed for expenses for attending meetings.

     Non-Standard Arrangements

     In 1995, the Company and Medicore provided options to directors, 
executives, consultants including the Company's attorney and employees.  
Messrs. Langbein and Pelstring both hold options for Medicore common 
stock.  In December, 1997, certain optionees exercised their Company 
options for an aggregate of par value, the balance in a promissory note 
which indebtedness was forgiven by the Company.  Messrs. Langbein and 
Pelstring each exercised options for 50,000 shares and had their $74,500 
notes forgiven.  See "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and 
Management" and the "Summary Compensation Table," Notes (1) and (5) above, 
and the table "Aggregated Options/SAR Exercises In Last Fiscal Year and 
FY-End Option/SAR Values" below under "Options, Warrants or Rights."

Options, Warrants or Rights

     In November, 1995, the board of directors and shareholders adopted 
the 1995 Dialysis Corporation of America Stock Option Plan (the "1995 
Plan") pursuant to which 250,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for 
issuance at fair market value on the date of grant of the options.  The 
1995 Plan is for a period of five years, expiring on November 9, 2000.  
Options may be and have been granted to officers, directors, consultants, 
key employees, advisors and similar parties who provide their skills and 
expertise to the Company.  The Company has provided forms of equity 
participation as a key part of its total program for motivating and 
rewarding executives, directors and employees.  Grants of stock options 
have provided an important part of the equity link to shareholders.  
Options granted under the 1995 Plan may be exercisable for up to five 
years, may require vesting, and shall be at an exercise price all as 
determined by the board.  Options are non-transferable except by the laws 
of descent and distribution or a change in control of the Company as 
defined in the 1995 Plan and are exercisable only 

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by the participant during his lifetime.  Change in control under the 1995 
Plan includes (i) the sale of substantially all the assets of the Company 
or its merger or consolidation with another, or (ii) a majority of the 
board changes other than by election of shareholders pursuant to board 
solicitation or by vacancies filled by the board caused by death or resig-
nation, or (iii) a person or group acquires 25% or makes a tender offer 
for 25% of the Company's outstanding shares.

     If a participant ceases affiliation with the Company by reason of 
death, permanent disability or retirement at or after age 65, the option 
remains exercisable for nine months from such occurrence but not beyond 
the option's expiration date.  Voluntary termination gives the participant 
30 days to exercise except for termination for cause which results in the 
option becoming immediately null and void.

     Options granted under the 1995 Plan, at the discretion of the board, 
may be exercised by the optionee providing consideration of cash, Common 
Stock having a fair market value equal to the cash exercise price, the 
participant's personal recourse note, or with an assignment to the Company 
of sufficient proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock acquired upon 
exercise of the option with an authorization to the broker or selling 
agent to pay that amount to the Company, or any combination of the above.

     There are presently outstanding under the 1995 Plan options to 14 
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries for 19,000 shares of Common 
Stock exercisable at $1.50 per share through November 9 2000.  The exercise
price of all options is 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock 
on the date of grant, which, since there was no market for the Company's 
securities at that time, was determined primarily on the book value of the 
Common Stock on the date of grant.

     As of December 31, 1997, options for 168,500 shares of Common Stock 
under the 1995 Plan have been exercised, 162,500 of those options were 
exercised at that time by four affiliates of the Company and its counsel.  
The 1995 Options were granted under Rule 701 of the Securities Act (the 
"Act"), which provides an exemption from the registration requirements of 
Section 5 of the Act.  The "affiliates," as that term is defined under 
Rule 144 of the Act, may sell their shares in accordance with Rule 144
exclusive of the one year holding period.  Subparagraph (c) of Rule 701 
allows sales of any amount of Common Stock obtained by non-affiliates upon 
exercise of their options without any restriction.  Each of the affiliates 
and the non-affiliate paid the par value of the shares in cash and signed 
a promissory note for the balance, which amounts were forgiven by the 
Company.  See "Summary Compensation Table" above and Notes (1) and (5) to 
that table.

     In August, 1996, the board of directors approved and issued non-
qualified stock options for 15,000 shares of Common Stock, options for 
5,000 shares each, to the medical directors of its three existing dialysis 
centers.  These options are not part of the 1995 Plan, and are immediately 
exercisable at $4.75 per share through August 18, 1999.  If the medical 
director ceases affiliation with the Company or with the professional 
association approved to act as medical director of a particular dialysis 
center by reason of death, permanent disability or retirement at 65 years 
of age, such options are exercisable for six (6) months from such occur-
rence, but not beyond the expiration date of the option.  Other termination
gives the optionee 30 days to exercise except for termination for cause 
which results in the option being immediately null and void.  The 1996 
options may only be exercised for cash.  

     To date none of the 1996 options have been exercised.  Options for 
5,000 shares of Common Stock were cancelled since the medical director of 
the DSF facility ceased affiliation with the Company upon the sale of that 
dialysis facility in October, 1997.

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          Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises In Last Fiscal Year
                      and FY-End Option/SAR Values

      (a)                     (b)             (c)              (d)
                                                            Number of
                                                            Securities
                                                            Underlying
                                                            Unexercised
                                                            Options/SARs
                                                            at FY-End (#)
                         Shares Acquired  Value Realized    Exercisable/
Name                     on Exercise (#)       ($)          Unexercisable
- ----                     ---------------  --------------    -------------
Thomas K. Langbein, CEO
    Company Options          50,000         47,000(1)        -0-
    Medicore Options           -0-            -0-         250,000 (exer.)(2)

Bart Pelstring
    Company Options          50,000         47,000(1)        -0-
    Medicore Options           -0-            -0-          30,000 (exer.)(2)

- ----------

(1)  The value realized of the shares of Common Stock represents the 
     difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of 
     the stock on the date of exercise, December 31, 1997, which was 
     determined from the closing price of Common Stock as reported by 
     Nasdaq on December 31, 1997, which was $ 2.44.  A substantial portion 
     of the exercise price was effected through a promissory note in the 
     amount of $74,500 which amount was forgiven by the Company.  See
     "Summary Compensation Table" and "Options, Warrants or Rights" under 
     "Executive Compensation."

(2)  The Medicore options are exercisable through April 17, 2000 at 
     $2.38 a share.  The Medicore options were out-of-the money, the 
     closing price of the Common Stock as reported by Nasdaq was $2.13 
     as of December 31, 1997.

               CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     The Company, incorporated in 1976, had two original classes of stock.  
One hundred percent of its class A common stock was owned by Medicore, now 
the Common Stock.  The other securities held by Todd were canceled in 
December, 1993. In 1980, Medicore, then owning 73% of the Company, effected
an exchange offer for the Company's securities resulting in its ownership 
of the Company becoming 99.1%.  Upon completion of the Company's public 
offering of Common Stock and Warrants in April, 1996, Medicore owned 
approximately 67% of the Company and currently owns approximately 66% of 
the Common Stock of the Company.  See "Security Ownership of Certain Bene-
ficial Owners and Management." The Company's former shareholder, Todd, a 
broker-dealer, is owned by Thomas K. Langbein.  See "Election of Directors."

     In 1977, the Company became a public company through a merger with 
Premium Acceptance Corporation ("PAC"), a licensed insurance premium and 
second mortgage company, underwritten by Todd.  The Chairman of the Board 
of Directors and President of PAC was Anthony C. D'Amore, a current 
director of Medicore and Techdyne, and the former owner of the A.C. 
D'Amore Insurance Agency, which provided most of the insurance coverage 
for the Company, Medicore and Techdyne until that agency was sold by Mr. 
D'Amore in 1992.  Mr. D'Amore acts as an insurance consultant and 
continues to receive nominal commissions for insurance for Medicore and 
Techdyne but not the 

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Company.  Mr. D'Amore is also registered as a part-time account executive 
with Todd, although he has not been active in the securities industry for 
many years.  The aggregate annual premiums for such insurance provided to 
Medicore and Techdyne were approximately $155,000, $189,000 and $179,000 
for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively, of 
which $4,000, $5,000 and $6,000 respectively, represent commissions paid 
to Mr. D'Amore.  In addition, the Company, Medicore and Techdyne obtained 
group health insurance coverage and several executive and key employee 
life insurance policies through George Langbein, brother of Thomas K. 
Langbein.  This insurance includes $100,000 term life insurance covering 
and owned by Bart Pelstring, President and director of the Company. George 
Langbein is affiliated as an independent sales representative with 
Medicore's public subsidiary Techdyne.  Medicore also pays for $1,600,000 
of life insurance owned by Thomas K. Langbein.  See "Executive Compensa-
tion."  Premiums on this coverage in the aggregate totaled approximately 
$374,000 during 1997, of which $87,000 was paid by the Company.  Management
is of the opinion that the cost and coverage of the insurance are as 
favorable as can be obtained from unaffiliated parties.

     Certain of the officers and directors of the Company are officers 
and/or directors of Medicore and its affiliates.  Thomas K. Langbein is 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Techdyne 
and Medicore and President of the latter, and an officer and/or director 
of the Company's, Medicore's and Techdyne's subsidiaries. Mr. Langbein is 
President, sole shareholder and director of Todd. Daniel R. Ouzts is Vice 
President, Treasurer and Controller of the Company and Medicore and Vice 
President and Controller of Techdyne.  See "Election of Directors."  
Lawrence E. Jaffe is Secretary and general counsel to the Company and 
Medicore and is general counsel to Techdyne. Mr. Jaffe receives a substan-
tial portion of his fees from Medicore, the Company and Techdyne.  Mr. 
Jaffe exercised an option for 50,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company 
effective December 31, 1997 at $1.50 per share, substantially all of which 
was through a promissory note forgiven by the Company.  See "Executive 
Compensation - Options, Warrants or Rights."  These shares plus an 
additional 1,000 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase an 
additional 2,000 shares of Common Stock he acquired in the Company's 
1996 public offering, shares of Medicore common stock (approximately 1% 
of the outstanding shares), and options for Techdyne common stock (repre-
senting less than 1% of the Techdyne common stock) are in the name of and 
held in trust for his wife, to all of which securities Mr. Jaffe disclaims 
beneficial ownership.

     In addition, certain of the accounting personnel and administrative 
facilities of Medicore and its subsidiaries, including the Company, are 
common.  The costs of executive and accounting salaries and other shared 
corporate overhead for these companies are charged first on the basis of 
direct usage when identifiable, with the remainder allocated on the basis 
of time spent.  Since the shared expenses are allocated on a cost basis, 
there is no intercompany profit involved.  The amount of expenses charged 
by Medicore to the Company which are reflected in the advances from 
Medicore amounted to approximately $240,000 for each of the three years 
ended December 31, 1997.  See Note 4 to "Notes to Consolidated Financial 
Statements."  Utilization of personnel and administrative facilities in 
this manner enables Medicore to share the cost of qualified individuals 
with its subsidiaries rather than duplicating the cost for various entities.
It is the opinion of management that these services are on terms as 
favorable as obtainable from unaffiliated parties.

     DSF, formerly an 80% owned subsidiary of the Company, operated the 
Fort Walton Beach, Florida dialysis facility.  The medical director of 
that facility had a 20% interest in DSF and was its Vice President.  The 
Company sold its Florida dialysis operations in October, 1997, which 
included the assets of Dialysis Medical, Inc. ("DMI"), also owned 80% by 
the Company and 20% by its former medical director.  DMI operated the 
Florida home patient care.  Pursuant to the October, 1997 sale of the 
Florida dialysis operations for which the Company received $5,065,000 of 
which consideration $4,585,000 was cash, with the balance consisting of 
13,873 shares of the purchaser's stock, the former medical director's 

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20% interest in DSF and DMI were redeemed by the Company in February, 1998 
in both cash ($625,000) and common stock (6,936 shares) in the third party 
purchaser company.  In conjunction with the redemption, the medical 
director resigned as an officer and director of DSF and DMI. 

     Dialysis Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. - Lemoyne ("DSPL"), a wholly-
owned subsidiary of the Company, leases its dialysis facility from the 
Company under a five year net lease expiring November 30, 2000 at $33,730 
per annum, plus applicable taxes, utilities, insurance and its propor-
tionate share of related operating costs.  DSPL has two renewal options 
for five years each.  Management is of the opinion that the rental is on 
terms as favorable as could be obtained from unaffiliated parties.

     The Company had been advancing funds to Medicore for working capital 
requirements which advances had an outstanding balance of $4,263,000 at 
September 30, 1995.  This sum was not evidenced by a note, and bore 
interest at the short-term U.S. Treasury bill rate.  On October 4, 1995, 
Medicore repaid $1,000,000 of the intercompany indebtedness, which was 
further reduced in November, 1995, when the Company declared a 50% stock 
dividend and thereafter a $1.30 per share dividend, which was effected by 
paying the .9% shareholders approximately $29,000 and effecting a reduction
of the Medicore debt by approximately $3,134,000.  As a result of cash 
transfers from Medicore and corporate overhead allocations, there was an 
intercompany indebtedness due from the Company to Medicore of approximately
$129,000 at December 31, 1997.

     Certain executive officers, and counsel to the Company signed promis-
sory notes for the balance of the price of shares received upon exercise 
of options granted under the 1995 Plan, exercised on December 31, 1997.  
See "Summary Compensation Table" and "Options, Warrants or Rights" under 
"Executive Compensation."

                                 AUDITORS

     The audit committee consists of three persons, two of whom are recently
appointed independent board members.  See "Election of Directors."  They 
are currently reviewing certain matters including the independent 
accountants' reports, services and fees and have not to date made any 
recommendations as to the principal accountant selected for the current 
year.  Ernst & Young LLP are the independent accountants which audited 
the financial statements of the Company for fiscal 1997.  That firm has 
acted as accountants for the Company and Medicore since 1978.  The Company 
also files consolidated financial statements with Medicore.

     A representative of Ernst & Young LLP is expected to be present at 
the Annual Meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement, if 
desired to do so.  The representative will also be available to respond to 
any appropriate questions from shareholders attending the meeting.

                        SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

     Any shareholder proposal to be considered by the Company for inclusion
in the 1999 Information Statement must be received by the Company not later
than February 10, 1999.  Any such proposal should be sent to Lawrence E. 
Jaffe, Secretary of the Company, 777 Terrace Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, 
New Jersey 07604 and should provide the proposer's intention to present 
the proposal for action at the meeting, and must comply with Item 4 of 
Schedule 14C of the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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                       ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     Management is not aware of any other matter to be presented for action 
at the Annual Meeting other than the election of directors, Item 1 in the 
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and management does 
not intend to bring any other matter before the Meeting.

     A COPY OF THE FINANCIAL SCHEDULES OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON 
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 (COPIES OF WHICH ANNUAL 
REPORT ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
AND INFORMATION STATEMENT) WILL BE PROVIDED WITHOUT CHARGE UPON WRITTEN 
REQUEST BY ANY SHAREHOLDER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY, LAWRENCE E. 
JAFFE, 777 TERRACE AVENUE, HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY 07604.


                                By Order of the Board of Directors

                                LAWRENCE E. JAFFE
                                Secretary

May 1, 1998