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Pedreira-Robles G, Garcimartín P, Pérez-Sáez MJ, Bach-Pascual A, Crespo M, Morín-Fraile V. Complex management and descriptive cost analysis of kidney transplant candidates: a descriptive cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res 2024; 24:763. [PMID: 38915005 PMCID: PMC11197358 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11200-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The organisational care needs involved in accessing kidney transplant have not been described in the literature and therefore a detailed analysis thereof could help to establish a framework (including appropriate timing, investment, and costs) for the management of this population. The main objective of this study is to analyse the profile and care needs of kidney transplant candidates in a tertiary hospital and the direct costs of studying them. METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted using data on a range of variables (sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, study duration, and investment in visits and supplementary tests) from 489 kidney transplant candidates evaluated in 2020. RESULTS The comorbidity index was high (> 4 in 64.3%), with a mean of 5.6 ± 2.4. Part of the study population had certain characteristics that could hinder their access a kidney transplant: physical dependence (9.4%), emotional distress (33.5%), non-adherent behaviours (25.2%), or language barriers (9.4%). The median study duration was 6.6[3.4;14] months. The ratio of required visits to patients was 5.97:1, meaning an investment of €237.10 per patient, and the ratio of supplementary tests to patients was 3.5:1, meaning an investment of €402.96 per patient. CONCLUSIONS The study population can be characterised as complex due to their profile and their investment in terms of time, visits, supplementary tests, and direct costs. Management based on our results involves designing work-adaptation strategies to the needs of the study population, which can lead to increased patient satisfaction, shorter waiting times, and reduced costs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guillermo Pedreira-Robles
- Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- ESIMar (Mar Nursing School), Parc de Salut Mar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Affiliated, Barcelona, Spain
- SDHEd (Social Determinants and Health Education Research Group), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Nursing and Health PhD Programme, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nursing department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.
- Research Group in Nursing Care, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.
- Biomedical Network Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, (CIBERCV, Carlos III Health Institute), Madrid, Spain.
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Kidney Research Grup (GREN), Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), RD16/0009/0013 (ISCIII FEDER REDinREN), Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Kidney Research Grup (GREN), Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), RD16/0009/0013 (ISCIII FEDER REDinREN), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Maternal and Child Health, Faculty of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Martin DE, Harris DCH, Jha V, Segantini L, Demme RA, Le TH, McCann L, Sands JM, Vong G, Wolpe PR, Fontana M, London GM, Vanderhaegen B, Vanholder R. Ethical challenges in nephrology: a call for action. Nat Rev Nephrol 2020; 16:603-613. [PMID: 32587403 DOI: 10.1038/s41581-020-0295-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The American Society of Nephrology, the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association and the International Society of Nephrology Joint Working Group on Ethical Issues in Nephrology have identified ten broad areas of ethical concern as priority challenges that require collaborative action. Here, we describe these challenges - equity in access to kidney failure care, avoiding futile dialysis, reducing dialysis costs, shared decision-making in kidney failure care, living donor risk evaluation and decision-making, priority setting in kidney disease prevention and care, the ethical implications of genetic kidney diseases, responsible advocacy for kidney health and management of conflicts of interest - with the aim of highlighting the need for ethical analysis of specific issues, as well as for the development of tools and training to support clinicians who treat patients with kidney disease in practising ethically and contributing to ethical policy-making.
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- Dominique E Martin
- School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
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- University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India
- University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
- European Society for Organ Transplantation - ESOT c/o ESOT, Padova, Italy
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- Renal Division and Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA
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- American Society of Nephrology, Washington, DC, USA
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- Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Center for Ethics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association, Parma, Italy
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- Manhes Hospital, Nephrology Department GEPIR, Fleury-Mérogis, France
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- Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, B9000, Gent, Belgium
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Butler CR, Taylor JS, Reese PP, O'Hare AM. Thematic analysis of the medical records of patients evaluated for kidney transplant who did not receive a kidney. BMC Nephrol 2020; 21:300. [PMID: 32711468 PMCID: PMC7382039 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-020-01951-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background A potential pitfall of policies intended to promote referral for kidney transplant is that greater numbers of patients may be evaluated for transplant without experiencing the intended benefit of receiving a kidney. Little is known about the potential implications of this experience for patients. Methods We performed a thematic analysis of clinician documentation in the electronic medical records of all adults at a single medical center with advanced kidney disease who were referred to the local transplant coordinator for evaluation between 2008 and 2018 but did not receive a kidney. Results 148 of 209 patients referred to the local kidney transplant coordinator at our center (71%) had not received a kidney by the end of follow-up. Three dominant themes emerged from qualitative analysis of documentation in the medical records of these patients: 1) Forward momentum: patients found themselves engaged in an iterative process of testing and treatment that tended to move forward unless an absolute contraindication to transplant was identified or patients disengaged; 2) Potential for transplant shapes other medical decisions: engagement in the transplant evaluation process could impact many other aspects of patients’ care; and 3) Personal responsibility and psychological burden for patients and families: clinician documentation suggested that patients felt personally responsible for the course of their evaluation and that the process could take an emotional toll on them and their family members. Conclusions Engagement in the kidney transplant evaluation process can be a significant undertaking for patients and families and may impact many other aspects of their care. Policies to promote referral for kidney transplant should be coupled with efforts to strengthen shared decision-making to ensure that the decision to undergo transplant evaluation is framed as an explicit choice with benefits, risks, and alternatives and patients have an opportunity to shape their involvement in this process.
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- Catherine R Butler
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and the Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Campus Box 356521, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Renal-Electrolyte & Hypertension Division and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and the Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Campus Box 356521, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Nephrology Section, Hospital and Specialty Medicine and Seattle-Denver Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA
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de Kok MJ, Schaapherder AF, Mensink JW, de Vries AP, Reinders ME, Konijn C, Bemelman FJ, van de Wetering J, van Zuilen AD, Christiaans MH, Baas MC, Nurmohamed AS, Berger SP, Ploeg RJ, Alwayn IP, Lindeman JH. A nationwide evaluation of deceased donor kidney transplantation indicates detrimental consequences of early graft loss. Kidney Int 2020; 97:1243-1252. [DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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