The catastrophic costs of chronic kidney disease

Brauer, M. et al. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 403, 2162–2203 (2024).
Google Scholar
Bikbov, B. et al. Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 395, 709–733 (2020).
Google Scholar
Jha, V. et al. Global economic burden associated with chronic kidney disease: a pragmatic review of medical costs for the Inside CKD research programme. Adv. Ther. 40, 4405–4420 (2023).
Google Scholar
World Health Organization. Noncommunicable diseases. (2024).
Vanholder, R. et al. Reducing the costs of chronic kidney disease while delivering quality health care: a call to action. Nat. Rev. Nephrol. 13, 393–409 (2017).
Google Scholar
Lanewala, A. A. A. & Shekhani, S. S. Indirect costs associated with “free” paediatric haemodialysis: experience from Karachi, Pakistan. Indian J. Med. Ethics 8, 13–23 (2023).
Google Scholar
Vanholder, R. et al. Inequities in kidney health and kidney care. Nat. Rev. Nephrol. 19, 694–708 (2023).
Google Scholar
Ashuntantang, G. et al. Outcomes in adults and children with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. Lancet. Glob. Health 5, e408–e417 (2017).
SDG 3.8.2 Catastrophic health spending (and related indicators). https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection/GHO/financial-protection
Essue, B. M. et al. Economic Burden of Chronic Ill Health and Injuries for Households in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 9): Improving Health and Reducing Poverty 121–143 (2017)
Halle, M. P. et al. Cost of care for patients on maintenance haemodialysis in public facilities in Cameroon. Afr. J. Nephrol. 20, 230–237 (2017).
Reddy, S., Scholes-Robertson, N., Raj, J. M. & Pais, P. Catastrophic healthcare expenditure and caregiver burden in pediatric chronic kidney disease — a mixed methods study from a low resource setting. Pediatr. Nephrol. 39, 3079–3093 (2024).
Google Scholar
Sangthawan, P. et al. The hidden financial catastrophe of chronic kidney disease under universal coverage and Thai “peritoneal dialysis first policy”. Front. Public Health 10, 965808 (2022).
Google Scholar
Bradshaw, C. et al. Paying for hemodialysis in Kerala, India: a description of household financial hardship in the context of medical subsidy. Kidney Int. Rep. 4, 390–398 (2018).
Google Scholar
Paffett, M. et al. Economic evaluation of an integrated care program compared to conventional care for patients with chronic kidney disease in rural communities of Thailand. Kidney Int. Rep. 9, 2546–2558 (2024).
Google Scholar
link