Healthcare costs in relation to kidney function among older people: the SCOPE study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In this study, a comprehensive analysis of costs of chronic kidney disease (CKD) was performed, to understand factors associated with the economic burden of the disease in a multicentre international framework.

Methods

The impact on costs of demographics, socio-economics, clinical, and functional variables was tested in 2204 subjects aged 75 years or more attending outpatient clinics in Europe using a multicentre 2-year prospective cohort study. By means of collected resources consumption and unit cost data a comprehensive cost database was built and then investigated using multilevel regression modeling.

Results

Overall, hospitalization, medications and specialist visits were the main cost items, with a notable variability among countries. Estimated yearly co

SUBMITTER: Balducci F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11850571 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature