Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major challenge for health care systems around the world, and the prevalence rates appear to be increasing. We estimate the costs of CKD in a universal health care system. Economic modelling was used to estimate the annual cost of Stages 3–5 CKD to the ...
When early events (in the first 12 months) were included, diagnoses of hypertension were 6% higher in the NHS Health Check group, with additional higher rates for high cholesterol (11%), chronic kidney disease (15%), and fatty liver disease (17%). However, when the initial 12 or 24 ...
toallpatients.Theserecommendationshavethepotentialtoproducerealimprovementsin patientoutcomesofbenefittotheeconomyandwidercommunity. Theproblems •Rareautoimmunediseasesaffect100,000individualsintheUKandcausechronicsuffering,vital organfailureandprematuredeath 1 •Theyarecomplexandpresenttodifferentspecialitiesinthehealth...
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major challenge for health care systems around the world, and the prevalence rates appear to be increasing. We estimate the costs of CKD in a universal health care system. Methods Economic modelling was used to estimate the annual cost of Stages 3...