Healthcare resource utilisation and cost associated with elevated potassium levels: a Danish population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To investigate healthcare costs associated with hyperkalaemia (HK) among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), heart failure (HF) or diabetes. DESIGN:Before-after cohort study of patients with HK and matched patients without HK. SETTING:Population-based databases covering primary and secondary care for the entire of Northern Denmark. PARTICIPANTS:Patients with a first incident record of CKD (n=78 372), HF (n=14 233) or diabetes (n=37 479) during 2005-2011. Among all patients experiencing a first HK event (potassium level >5.0 mmol/L), healthcare costs were compared during 6 months before and 6 months after the HK event. The same cost assessment was conducted 6 months before and after a matched index date in a comparison cohort of patients without HK. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

SUBMITTER: Kim K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500209 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature