| Time |
Dialysis Use |
N |
Mean (std) |
p-value* |
| Transplant hospitalization |
DGF – dialysis first week only |
12,130 |
$31,451 (23,144) |
<0.0001 |
| DGF – dialysis in 2 periods† |
2,144 |
$31,242 (17,649) |
|
| DGF – dialysis in more than 2 periods† |
1,040 |
$33,280 (20,487) |
|
| No DGF – some dialysis |
1,525 |
$33,035 (19,746) |
|
| No DGF – no dialysis |
20,694 |
$30,068 (13,714) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| One year post transplant |
DGF – dialysis first week only |
10,721 |
$74,081 (51,171) |
<0.0001 |
| DGF – dialysis in 2 periods† |
1,904 |
$87,330 (71,645) |
|
| DGF – dialysis in more than 2 periods† |
963 |
$98,651 (64,521) |
|
| No DGF – some dialysis |
1,419 |
$90,590 (67,299) |
|
| No DGF – no dialysis |
19,304 |
$68,089 (41,809) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Two years post transplant |
DGF – dialysis first week only |
8,964 |
$98,621 (69,100) |
<0.0001 |
| DGF – dialysis in 2 periods† |
1,699 |
$112,002 (85,184) |
|
| DGF – dialysis in more than 2 periods† |
859 |
$129,105 (83,008) |
|
| No DGF – some dialysis |
1,340 |
$114,589 (86,538) |
|
| No DGF – no dialysis |
17,571 |
$90,072 (59,685) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Three years post transplant |
DGF – dialysis first week only |
7,273 |
$121,063 (84,526) |
<0.0001 |
| DGF – dialysis in 2 periods† |
1,408 |
$136,189 (102,254) |
|
| DGF – dialysis in more than 2 periods† |
710 |
$156,079 (102,681) |
|
| No DGF – some dialysis |
1,235 |
$138,264 (101,836) |
|
| No DGF – no dialysis |
15,776 |
$110,109 (74,650) |
|
Costs adjusted to 2004 as the base year
* P value for the difference in cost distribution according to early post-transplant dialysis utilization was computed by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables.
† Periods of early dialysis were first week, the second week, weeks 3 or 4, the second month and the third month post-transplant |
