Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization in Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis is unclear.

Objective

To compare the rates of clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis (in-center and home modalities) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Population-based, repeated cross-sectional study.

Setting

Linked administrative healthcare databases from Ontario, Canada.

Patients

Adults receiving maintenance dialysis from March 15, 2017, to March 14, 2020 (pre-COVID-19 pandemic period) and from March 15, 2020, to March 14, 2023 (COVID-19 pandemic period).

Measurements

Our primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Our secondary outcomes included non-

SUBMITTER: Naylor KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11954382 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature