Table 6 Costs per year across different kidney disease categories from the third-party payer perspective
COSTS per year | Total N = 160 | CKD-ND N = 102 | Transplant N = 10 | PD N = 8 | HD N = 40 | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cost of medications | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 2,758,500 (909,500–5,590,250) | 1,693,500 (0–3,094,500) | 7,550,000 (6,046,250–12,223,750) | 6,834,000 (3,337,500–8,906,250) | 5,530,500 (3,095,250–7,180,500) |  < 0.001 |
Cost of blood tests | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 648,000 (409,500–1,560,000) | 510,000 (322,500–748,750) | 577,500 (382,500–705,500) | 432,500 (103,000–698,500) | 1,561,000 (1,500,000–1,748,250) |  < 0.001 |
Cost of radiology | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 0 (0–59,750) | 0 (0–66,000) | 61,500 (0–108,250) | 0 (0–0) | 60,000 (60,000–60,000) |  < 0.001 |
Cost of hospitalizations | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 0 (0–1,577,000) | 0 (0–834,000) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1,012,500) | 976,500 (0–7,553,500) | 0.012 |
Cost of physicians | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 55,000 (55,000–4,487,500) | 0 (0–81,250) | 30,000 (0–75,000) | 0 (0–56,250) | 5,850,000 (5,850,000–5,850,000) |  < 0.001 |
Cost of nurses | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 0 (0–2,925,000) | NA | NA | NA | 3,900,000 (3,900,000–3,900,000) |  < 0.001 |
Dialysis modality cost | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 0 (0–16,812,000) | NA | NA | 26,928,000 (22,896,000–40,680,000) | 16,812,000 (16,812,000–16,812,000) |  < 0.001 |
Total cost | ||||||
 Median (IQR) | 5,685,500 (2,281,750–32,386,500) | 2,993,500 (1,129,500–5,326,500) | 9,173,500 (6,436,000–14,350,250) | 39,440,000 (31,705,000–45,635,000) | 35,420,500 (32,642,500–42,951,250) |  < 0.001 |