Medical costs of CKD in the Medicare population
AA Honeycutt, JE Segel, X Zhuo… - Journal of the …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Estimates of the medical costs associated with different stages of CKD are needed to assess
the economic benefits of interventions that slow the progression of kidney disease. We
combined laboratory data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with
expenditure data from Medicare claims to estimate the Medicare program's annual costs that
were attributable to CKD stage 1–4. The Medicare costs for persons who have stage 1
kidney disease were not significantly different from zero. Per person annual Medicare …
the economic benefits of interventions that slow the progression of kidney disease. We
combined laboratory data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with
expenditure data from Medicare claims to estimate the Medicare program's annual costs that
were attributable to CKD stage 1–4. The Medicare costs for persons who have stage 1
kidney disease were not significantly different from zero. Per person annual Medicare …
