ArticleKidney international reports2017
Timely Referral to Outpatient Nephrology Care Slows Progression and Reduces Treatment Costs of Chronic Kidney Diseases.
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Abstract
introductionWe present a new approach to evaluate the importance of ambulatory nephrology care in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
methodsAn anonymized health claims database of German insurance companies was searched in a retrospective analysis for patients with CKD using the codes of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th German modification. A total of 105,219 patients with CKD were identified. Patients were assigned to the group "timely referral," when nephrology care was present in the starting year 2009, or initiated during the following 3 years in CKD1-4. Using frequency matching for age and gender, 21,024 of the late referral group were matched with the equal number of patients in the timely referral group. Hospital admission rates, total treatment costs, and kidney function (change in CKD stages, start of dialysis, mortality) were documented each year during the 4-year follow-up.
resultsHospital admission rates (110%-186%) and total treatment costs (119%-160%) were significantly higher ( DISCUSSION: Timely referral to outpatient nephrology care is associated with slowed disease progression, less hospital admissions, reduced total treatment costs, and improved survival in patients with CKD.
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