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The economic impact of acute kidney injury in England

Author(s) -

Marion Kerr,

Michael Bedford,

Beverley Matthews,

Dónal O’Donoghue

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfu016

Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , emergency medicine , healthcare cost and utilization project , health care , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , economics , economic growth

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common complications affecting hospital inpatients around the world. It is associated with high mortality and adverse long-term outcomes, but there is uncertainty regarding its prevalence and cost. We estimate the prevalence of AKI in hospital inpatients in a universal health-care system, and the immediate and long-term impacts on survival, quality of life and health-care costs.

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