Tracing all patients who received insured dialysis treatment in Japan and the present situation of their number of deaths.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The survival rate of chronic dialysis patients in Japan remains the highest worldwide, so there is value in presenting Japan's situation internationally. We examined whether aggregate figures on dialysis patients in the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Special Health Checkups of Japan (NDB), which contains data on insured procedures of approximately 100 million Japanese residents, complement corresponding figures in the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy Renal Data Registry (JRDR).

Methods

Subjects were patients with medical fee points for dialysis recorded in the NDB during 2014-2018. We analyzed annual numbers of dialysis cases, newly initiated dialysis cases- and deaths.

Results

Compared with the JRDR, the NDB had about 6-7% fewer dial

SUBMITTER: Kubo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8930944 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature