Unmet needs for CKD care: from the general population to the CKD clinics-how many patients are we missing?
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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) varies around the world. Little is known about the discrepancy between the general population's needs and nephrology care offered. We aimed to contribute to filling this gap and propose a means to infer the number of patients needing follow-up.Methods
All patients undergoing at least one nephrology consultation in 2019 were enrolled. We used the ratio between CKD Stages 3 and 4 reported in the literature, and considered that only 25-50% of CKD Stage 3 patients have progressive CKD, to hypothesize different scenarios to estimate the number of CKD Stage 3 patients still needing nephrology follow-up.Results
The 1992 CKD patients were followed-up in our centre (56.93% males; age 66.71 ± 18.32 years; 16.82% Stage 1; 14.66% Stage 2; 39.46% Stage 3; 19.88% Stage 4; 7.68% Stage 5). The ratio between Stages 3 and 4 in population studies ranged from 7.72 to 51.29, being 1.98 in our centre. Hypothesizing that we followed-up 100, 70 or 50% of CKD Stage 4 patients, 528-2506 CKD Stage 3 patients in our area would need nephrology follow-up [1885-8946 per million population (p.m.p.)]. Three to 17 additional nephrologists p.m.p. would be necessary to fully cover the need for care.Conclusions
The number of patients with CKD Stage 3 who would benefit from nephrology care is high. Considering that one patient-year of delay of dialysis could cover a nephrologist's annual salary, interventions aimed to improve the care of advanced CKD may be economically sound.
SUBMITTER: Torreggiani M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598117 | biostudies-literature |
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