Research Article
Chronic Kidney Disease: Evolution of Healthcare Costs and Resource Consumption from Predialysis to Dialysis in Piedmont Region, Italy
Table 1
Healthcare cost composition in PreD and EstD (per patient/year).
| | PreD ( = 1,059) | EstD ( = 2,018) | |
| Drugs (distributed through RHS structures) € (% on total expenditure) | 831 (7.4%) | 2,477 (4.6%) | <0.0001 | Drugs (distributed through territorial pharmacies) € (% on total expenditure) | 1,098 (9.8%) | 1,151 (2.1%) | <0.0001 | Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including outpatient (excluding dialysis) € (% on total expenditure) | 899 (8.1%) | 11,616 (21.6%) | <0.0001 | Dialysis € (% on total expenditure) | — | 31,661 (58.9%) | — | Hospitalizations € (% on total expenditure) | 8,295 (75.7%) | 6,859 (12.8%) | 0.2255 |
| Total € | 11,123 | 53,764 | <0.0001 |
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PreD: patients incident-to-dialysis observed for the 12 months preceding dialysis entrance; EstD: “established" dialysis patients (at least 120 dialyses/year).
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