Multidisciplinary Care Program for Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Reduces Renal Replacement and Medical Costs - 30/12/14
, Shuei Liong Lin, MD, PhD a, Kuan Yu Hung, MD, PhD a, Yung Ming Chen, MD a, Tzong Shinn Chu, MD, PhD a, Ming Shiou Wu, MD, PhD a, Kwan Dun Wu, MD, PhD a, Tun Jun Tsai, MD, PhD aAbstract |
Background |
Multidisciplinary care is advocated as an effective chronic kidney disease treatment program in a few, but not all, studies. Our study aimed to evaluate the effect of multidisciplinary care on renal outcome and patient survival using a larger cohort.
Method |
A total 1382 chronic kidney disease patients, ages 18-80 years, with chronic kidney disease stage 3B-5, in nephrology outpatient clinics were enrolled. Using age, sex, chronic kidney disease stage, and diabetes mellitus as variables, 592 multidisciplinary care program participants were matched with 614 nonmultidisciplinary care patients. The primary outcomes were long-term renal replacement therapy and mortality. Secondary outcomes included changes of biochemical markers and blood pressure, infection hospitalization, cardiovascular events, and emergent start of long-term dialysis. Annual medical costs were compared.
Results |
There were no between-group differences regarding mortality. In the multivariate competing-risk regression model, the multidisciplinary care group had a better renal survival (hazard ratio 0.640; 95% confidence interval, 0.484-0.847; P = .002). This effect was most prominent in stage 4 (hazard ratio 0.375; 95% confidence interval, 0.219-0.640; P < .001), but not in stage 3B and 5 patients. The multidisciplinary care group showed a slower estimated glomerular filtration rate decline (−2.57 vs −3.74 mL/min/1.73 m2, P = .021), and a smaller increase in phosphate (+ 0.03 vs + 0.33 mg/dL, P = .013). Cardiovascular and infection events were both decreased in the multidisciplinary care group (P < .001). There was also less requirement of emergent start dialysis (39.6% vs 54.5%, P = .001). The annual cost for the multidisciplinary care group was lower than the nonmultidisciplinary care group (US $2372 vs $3794, P < .001). In addition, considering the reduction of patients requiring renal replacement therapy, the multidisciplinary care program saved a total US $1931 per patient annually.
Conclusions |
Our analysis demonstrated that the multidisciplinary care program provided better health care and reduced renal replacement therapy in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. By decreasing hospitalizations, emergent start, and the need for renal replacement therapy, the multidisciplinary care program was cost-effective.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Chronic kidney disease, Multidisciplinary care, Renal outcome
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| ☆ | This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (3.0/). |
| Funding: This study was supported by grants from Mrs. Hsiu-Chin Lee Kidney Research Foundation. |
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| Conflicts of Interest: None. |
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| Authorship: All authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript. |
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