Costs and healthcare use of patients with chronic kidney disease in the Northern Territory, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is high in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. This study aims to describe the healthcare use and associated costs of people at risk of CKD (e.g. acute kidney injury, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease) or living with CKD in the NT, from a healthcare funder perspective.

Methods

We included a retrospective cohort of patients at risk of, or living with CKD, on 1 January 2017. Patients on kidney replacement therapy were excluded from the study. Data from the Territory Kidney Care database, encompassing patients from public hospitals and primary health care services across the NT was used to conduct costing. Annual healthcare costs, including hospital, primary health care, medication, and investigation cos

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11234693 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature