End-stage renal disease-financial costs and years of life lost in Panama: a cost-analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Central America is a region with an elevated burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, the cost of treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) remains an understudied area. This study aimed to investigate the direct costs associated with haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) in public and private institutions in Panama in 2015, to perform a 5-year budget impact analysis and to calculate the years of life lost (YLL) due to CKD.

Design

A retrospective cost-analysis study using hospital costs and registry-based data.

Setting

Data on direct costs were derived from the public and private sectors from two institutions from Panama. Data on CKD-related mortality were obtained from the National Mortality Registry.

Methods

A budget impact ana

SUBMITTER: Moreno Velasquez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538204 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature