For instance, a recent study from Canada revealed an average yearly cost of CKD care of $14 600 Canadian dollars (U.S. $10 795), nearly 10 times less compared with dialysis patients. Of note, costs, primarily driven by cardiovascular complications and hospitalizations, were higher as ...
The registry collects information on date and cause of death and verifies its information yearly with all centers.26,27 From registry data, we also determined age and gender of patients. In the database, primary renal diagnosis was coded according to the classification of the European Renal ...