From: Real-world costs of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in the Nordics
Mean resource utilisation, past 12 months ± SD | CKD 1–3 (n = 64) | CKD 4–5 (n = 55) | Dialysis (n = 61) | Transplant (n = 63) | P value |
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Number of hospitalisations | 0.2 ± 0.6 | 0.5 ± 1.1 | 1.8 ± 2.3 | 0.6 ± 1.0 | <0.0001 |
Number of hospital days | 0.9 ± 3.1 | 2.3 ± 6.9 | 9.2 ± 13.6 | 4.4 ± 10.2 | <0.0001 |
Number of hospital days (at least one hospitalisation) | 6.9 ± 6.5 | 8.7 ± 11.6 | 15.7 ± 14.7 | 12.4 ± 14.1 | 0.1878 |
Number of outpatient visitsa | 5.2 ± 10.5 | 8.2 ± 17.1 | 15.2 ± 24.1 | 11.6 ± 13.7 | <0.0001 |
Number of primary care visitsb | 2.2 ± 5.5 | 3.8 ± 16.8 | 1.9 ± 8.0 | 1.2 ± 3.8 | 0.6401 |
Number of surgical procedures | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.3 ± 0.7 | 1.6 ± 3.1 | 0.6 ± 1.3 | <0.0001 |
Hours of help: Healthcare professionalb | 27.0 ± 149.8 | 1.8 ± 9.6 | 17.1 ± 61.2 | 6.4 ± 40.4 | 0.1155 |
Hours of help: Home care assistantb | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 1.8 | 27.6 ± 132.6 | 0.8 ± 3.8 | <0.0001 |
Hours of help: Family member or friendb | 3.1 ± 18.2 | 27.0 ± 84.6 | 104.8 ± 325.1 | 11.0 ± 31.0 | <0.0001 |