Research Article
Chronic Kidney Disease: Evolution of Healthcare Costs and Resource Consumption from Predialysis to Dialysis in Piedmont Region, Italy
Table 2
Healthcare cost composition in PD and HD (per patient/year).
| | PD ( = 185) | HD ( = 1,699) | |
| Drugs (distributed through RHS structures) € (% on total expenditure) | 1,574 (4.5%) | 2,578 (4.6%) | <0.0001 | Drugs (distributed through territorial pharmacies) € (% on total expenditure) | 1,324 (3.8%) | 1,128 (2.0%) | <0.0001 | Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including outpatient (excluding dialysis) € (% on total expenditure) | 3,519 (10.1%) | 12,753 (22.8%) | <0.0001 | Dialysis € (% on total expenditure) | 23,070 (65.9%) | 32,890 (58.6%) | <0.0001 | Hospitalizations € (% on total expenditure) | 5,491 (15.7%) | 6,700 (12.0%) | 0.0005 |
| Total € | 34,978 | 56,049 | <0.0001 |
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PD: peritoneal dialysis; HD: haemodialysis.
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