A Cost-Effective Analysis of the CYCLE-HD Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

No formal cost-effectiveness analysis has been performed for programs of cycling exercise during dialysis (intradialytic cycling [IDC]). The objective of this analysis is to determine the effect of a 6-month program of IDC on health care costs.

Methods

This is a retrospective formal cost-effectiveness analysis of adult participants with end-stage kidney disease undertaking in-center maintenance hemodialysis enrolled in the CYCLE-HD trial. Data on hospital utilization, primary care consultations, and prescribed medications were extracted from medical records for the 6 months before, during, and after a 6-month program of thrice-weekly IDC. The cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted from a health care service perspective and included the cost of implementing th

SUBMITTER: March DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207470 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature