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Table 3 Annual resource utilisation

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

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

  1. P values calculated with Kruskal–Wallis test
  2. aExcluding visits for maintenance dialysis
  3. bBased on the past 4 weeks, self-reported