Open AccessThe health and social costs of chronic kidney disease in Italy
Author(s) -
Americo Cicchetti,
Matteo Ruggeri,
Paola Codella,
Alessandro Ridolfi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
farmeconomia/farmeconomia e percorsi terapeutici
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1721-6923
pISSN - 1721-6915
DOI - 10.7175/fe.v12i1.95
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , kidney disease , dialysis , hemodialysis , intensive care medicine , public health , disease , indirect costs , consumption (sociology) , environmental health , health care , economic growth , business , nursing , economics , social science , accounting , sociology
Chronic kidney disease is growing as a global public health problem throughout the world. In Italy, CKD is becoming increasingly common with 52,777 patients treated with dialysis in 2010, about 10,000 new patients/years in dialysis from 2010. The impact on the health care system includes € 2.1 billion/year for dialysis plus € 338 million for indirect costs. Aim of the present analysis was to explore socio-economical variables in the management of CKD, and assess direct and indirect health costs and NHS resources consumption. The overall cost for patients in dialysis is about 44,000 €/years for hemodialysis and 30,000 €/years for peritoneal dialysis with different resources consumption over the different stage disease. The possibility of reducing the progression of renal damaging and beginning of dialysis may induce a low expenditure for the Italian NHS