Kidney Failure Attributed to Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy: A USRDS Retrospective Cohort Study of Epidemiology, Treatment Modalities, and Economic Burden.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

This study describes the epidemiology, characteristics, and outcomes of patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN)-attributed kidney failure in the US Renal Data System (USRDS) from 2008 to 2018, including health care resource utilization and costs among patients with Medicare-linked data.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & population

Patients with IgAN-attributed kidney failure in the USRDS.

Outcomes

Prevalence/incidence, clinical/demographic characteristics, time to kidney transplant, and health care resource utilization and costs.

Analytical approach

Patients with IgAN as primary cause of kidney failure (IgAN cohort) were followed from USRDS registration (index date) until data end/death. Prevalence/inciden

SUBMITTER: Bensink ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10818081 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature