Cost of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations Among Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies report high hospitalization rates among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and approximately 10% to 20.9% of hospitalizations are potentially preventable.

Objective

To determine the rate, proportion, and cost of potentially preventable hospitalizations and whether this varied by CKD category.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using population-based data.

Setting

Alberta, Canada.

Patients

All adults with an outpatient serum creatinine measurement between January 1 and December 31, 2017 in the Alberta Kidney Disease Network data repository.

Measurements

CKD risk categories were based on measures of proteinuria (where available), eGFR, and use of dialysis. Patients were linked to administrative data to capture frequen

SUBMITTER: Chong C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182215 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature