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Table 2 Cost of dialysis sessions

From: Budgetary impact of increasing use of peritoneal dialysis over haemodialysis in Spain

 

Frequency/ % of use

Cost15

PD sessions

CAPD, weekly frequency

7.0

€52.35/day

APD, weekly frequency

7.0

€72.27/day*

 Low-volume APD, % patients

60.0%

€65.88/day

 High-volume APD, % patients

40.0%

€81.87/day

HD sessions

HD received at home, weekly frequency

5.0

€140.90/day

HD received at hospital, weekly frequency

3.0

€252.27/day

HD received at CHDC, weekly frequency

3.0

€123.91/day

HDF sessions

HDF received at home, weekly frequency

5.0

€162.04/day

HDF received at hospital, weekly frequency

3.0

€290.11/day

HDF received at CHDC, weekly frequency

3.0

€142.49/day

CAPD and APD supplements

Icodextrin [6], % patients

60%

€7.1

Sodium bicarbonate [6], % patients

40%

€14.0

Training

PD [6], sessions per patient

7.0

€146.3

HD [17], sessions per patient

24.0

€252.3

Pharmacological costs derived from the use of erythropoietic agents

PD [6], % patients

39.0

€1 327.6**[16]

HD [6], % patients

57.0

€2 540.3**[16]

  1. *weighted cost of Low-volume APD (60%) and High-volume APD (40%); **annual cost: Binocrit® treatment, with indication for HD and PD, has been considered [18]. The posology considered is 119.40 U/kg/week in HD and 62.40 U/kg/week in PD [6], assuming a mean weight of 70 kg [19]; PD: peritoneal dialysis; CAPD: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; APD: automated peritoneal dialysis; HD: hemodialysis; HDF: hemodiafiltration; CHDC: contracted out-patient hemodialysis centre