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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Cost Analysis of End-Stage Renal Disease in Pediatric Patients in Greece.

Christos Ntais, Konstantina Loizou, Costas Panagiotakis, Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos, John Fanourgiakis

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Christos NtaisEpidemiology Program, School of Science & Technology, Hellenic Open University, 26335 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2749-101X
Konstantina LoizouHealthcare Management Program, School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, 26335 Patras, Greece.
Costas PanagiotakisDepartment of Management Science and Technology, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 72100 Agios Nikolaos, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3680-7087
Nikolaos KontodimopoulosHealthcare Management Program, School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, 26335 Patras, Greece.
John FanourgiakisHealthcare Management Program, School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, 26335 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5364-7412

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesThe cost resulting from peritoneal dialysis (PD), conventional hemodialysis (HD) and online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) in pediatric patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has not been estimated to date in Greece. The present single-center retrospective study aimed to estimate the mean annual cost of the above methods, as well as the individual components of this cost.

methodsTwenty pediatric patients undergoing the three different methods of renal replacement therapy were included in this study. Their mean total annual cost was estimated by the method of micro-costing and the bottom-up approach.

resultsThe mean total annual cost for PD patients (n = 7) was estimated at EUR 56,676.04; for conventional HD patients (n = 9), it was EUR 39,786.86; and for OL-HDF patients (n = 4), it was EUR 43,894.73. The PD method was found to be more expensive than the other two methods (

conclusionsThis cost analysis provides useful information to healthcare policymakers who make decisions about the treatment of children with ESRD.

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conventional hemodialysiscost analysiseconomic evaluationend-stage renal diseaseonline hemodiafiltrationperitoneal dialysis

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