Projecting the Number of Posttransplant Clinic Visits With a Rise in the Number of Kidney Transplants: A Case Study From Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Ontario, kidney transplants have risen by 4% annually in recent years. An understanding of how this will affect the future annual number of posttransplant follow-up visits informs how to organize and deliver care.

Objective

We projected the required number of annual posttransplant follow-up nephrology visits to inform posttransplant care delivery.

Design

Population-based retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Linked databases from Ontario, Canada (population 14 million).

Patients

Incident kidney transplant recipients from years 2008 to 2013.

Measurements

Frequency, distance traveled, and current and projected visits for posttransplant follow-up.

Methods

Assuming a graft survival of 13 years and using the mean number of posttransp

SUBMITTER: Mann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6984421 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature