Changes in Prevalence and Health Checkup Coverage Rate of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) after Introduction of Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative: Results of the Kagawa Association of CKD Initiatives
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Overview of Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Data Source
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Changes in the Prevalence of CKD
3.2. Distribution of CKD Categories by Age
3.3. Response to the Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative
3.4. Changes in Outcomes after the Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
Number of examinees undergoing NHI health checkups (n) | 71,630 | 71,594 | 71,584 | 70,102 | 69,292 | 68,494 | 67,793 |
NHI health checkup coverage rate (%) | 40.5 | 41.1 | 42.0 | 42.5 | 43.3 | 43.2 | 45.0 |
Proportion of total NHI medical costs for renal disease (%) | 5.56 | 5.58 | 5.47 | 5.30 | 5.23 | 5.45 | 5.43 |
NHI medical costs related to renal disease (million JPY/year) | 4511 | 4575 | 4440 | 4202 | 4134 | 4314 | 4248 |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
Recipients of CKD intractable disease system (n) | 361 | 375 | 337 | 335 | 313 | 326 | 310 |
Total patients receiving dialysis in Kagawa (n) | 2556 | 2590 | 2649 | 2613 | 2656 | 2725 | 2795 |
Patients newly receiving dialysis per year (n) | 325 | 331 | 370 | 311 | 358 | 372 | 327 |
Average age of patients newly receiving dialysis (year) | 70.8 | 71.1 | 71.0 | 70.5 | 71.3 | 71.7 | 71.1 |
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Sofue, T.; Hara, T.; Nishijima, Y.; Nishioka, S.; Watatani, H.; Yamanaka, M.; Takahashi, N.; Nishiyama, A.; Minamino, T.; Kagawa Association of Chronic Kidney Disease Initiatives. Changes in Prevalence and Health Checkup Coverage Rate of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) after Introduction of Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative: Results of the Kagawa Association of CKD Initiatives. J. Pers. Med. 2021, 11, 1121. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111121
Sofue T, Hara T, Nishijima Y, Nishioka S, Watatani H, Yamanaka M, Takahashi N, Nishiyama A, Minamino T, Kagawa Association of Chronic Kidney Disease Initiatives. Changes in Prevalence and Health Checkup Coverage Rate of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) after Introduction of Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative: Results of the Kagawa Association of CKD Initiatives. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2021; 11(11):1121. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111121
Chicago/Turabian StyleSofue, Tadashi, Taiga Hara, Yoko Nishijima, Satoshi Nishioka, Hiroyuki Watatani, Masahito Yamanaka, Norihiro Takahashi, Akira Nishiyama, Tetsuo Minamino, and Kagawa Association of Chronic Kidney Disease Initiatives. 2021. "Changes in Prevalence and Health Checkup Coverage Rate of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) after Introduction of Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative: Results of the Kagawa Association of CKD Initiatives" Journal of Personalized Medicine 11, no. 11: 1121. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111121
APA StyleSofue, T., Hara, T., Nishijima, Y., Nishioka, S., Watatani, H., Yamanaka, M., Takahashi, N., Nishiyama, A., Minamino, T., & Kagawa Association of Chronic Kidney Disease Initiatives. (2021). Changes in Prevalence and Health Checkup Coverage Rate of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) after Introduction of Prefecture-Wide CKD Initiative: Results of the Kagawa Association of CKD Initiatives. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(11), 1121. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111121