Costs and healthcare utilisation of patients with chronic kidney disease in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data about the impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on health care costs in Spain are scarce This study was aimed to evaluate cumulative costs and healthcare utilisation in CKD in Spain.

Methods

Observational, retrospective, population-based study, which included adults who received care for CKD between 2015 and 2019. Healthcare and medication costs were summarized on a yearly basis starting from the index date (1st January 2015), and then cumulatively until 2019.

Results

We identified 44,214 patients with CKD (year 2015: age 76.4 ± 14.3 years, 49.0% women, albumin-to-creatinine ratio 362.9 ± 176.8 mg/g, estimated glomerular filtration rate 48.7 ± 13.2 mL/min/1.73 m²). During the 2015-2019 period, cumulative CKD associated costs reached 14,728.

SUBMITTER: Escobar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8167969 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature