Real-world costs of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in the Nordics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited real-world data on the economic burden of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The objective of this study was to estimate the annual direct and indirect costs of patients with ADPKD by severity of the disease: chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1-3; CKD stages 4-5; transplant recipients; and maintenance dialysis patients.

Methods

A retrospective study of ADPKD patients was undertaken April-December 2014 in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Data on medical resource utilisation were extracted from medical charts and patients were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire.

Results

A total of 266 patients were contacted, 243 (91%) of whom provided consent to participate in the study. Results showed

SUBMITTER: Eriksson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5556351 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature