Article ; Online: THE COST OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION AT THE MERKUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ZAGREB, CROATIA.
2021 Volume 60, Issue 2, Page(s) 178–183
Abstract: The aim was to determine the cost of hospitalization for a transplant procedure and identify the independent variables associated with the cost of transplantation. The investigation was designed as a retrospective single-center cohort study conducted at ... ...
Abstract | The aim was to determine the cost of hospitalization for a transplant procedure and identify the independent variables associated with the cost of transplantation. The investigation was designed as a retrospective single-center cohort study conducted at a tertiary university hospital transplant center in Zagreb, Croatia. The study included 219 consecutive kidney recipients transplanted during the 2007-2013 period at the Merkur University Hospital. There were 141 male and 78 female patients having undergone kidney transplantation during the study period. The majority of kidney transplants were from a deceased donor (n=179), while 40 were from a living donor. The mean cost of a transplantation was 86,140±42,240 HRK (11,460±5,600 €), ranging from 29,000 HRK (3,860 €) to 408,000 HRK (54,000 €). In the bivariate analysis, the variables associated with the cost of transplantation were the length of hospital stay, delayed graft function, death of the patient, graft loss, use of steroids, and death-censored graft loss. In the multivariate analysis, delayed graft function was the only statistically significant variable for the cost of transplantation. Since only delayed graft function had an impact on the cost of transplantation in this study, certain steps such as shortening of the cold ischemia time (better organization of organ transport), better education of family members for living donors, and higher percentage of patients on peritoneal dialysis should be taken to lower the percentage of delayed graft function. |
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MeSH term(s) | Cohort Studies ; Croatia/epidemiology ; Female ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Tissue Donors ; Treatment Outcome |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-11-03 |
Publishing country | Croatia |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1478635-7 |
ISSN | 1333-9451 ; 0353-9466 |
ISSN (online) | 1333-9451 |
ISSN | 0353-9466 |
DOI | 10.20471/acc.2021.60.02.02 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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