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

PD: peritoneal dialysis; HD: haemodialysis.