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ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2024

Comparison of 1-year survival between patients initiating chronic hemodialysis under public and private health insurance: register-based data analysis from Brazil.

Helbert do Nascimento Lima, Joel Monárrez-Espino, Fabiana Baggio Nerbass, José A Moura-Neto, Ricardo Sesso, Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon, Brazilian Dialysis Register Investigators

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Helbert do Nascimento LimaMedicine Department, University of the Region of Joinville (Univille), Rua Rio do Sul 270, Joinville, Santa Catarina, 89202-201, Brazil. helbertlima@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0081-6897
Joel Monárrez-EspinoDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Fabiana Baggio NerbassPró Rim Fundation, Joinville, Brazil.
José A Moura-NetoInternal Medicine Division, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Brazil.
Ricardo Sesso *Nephrology Division, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon *Nephrology Division, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, Brazil.
Brazilian Dialysis Register Investigators

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purposeBrazil has one of the world's highest numbers of patients on hemodialysis (HD). Most dialysis centers are private and perform HD for patients with private and public health insurance. We compared 1-year survival between patients initiating chronic HD with public and private health insurance.

methodsThis is an HD register-based retrospective cohort. Adult patients starting HD from January 2011 to December 2021 were included. Survival analysis was stratified according to the period entered in the HD register. Multivariate Cox regression focused on 1-year survival differences between private and public patients.

resultsIn the final sample (n = 5114), 68.5% of participants had public and 31.3% to private health insurance, with overall 1-year survival of 92.8% and 89.9%, respectively (p = 0.002). Crude analysis showed a slightly higher survival rate among patients with public health insurance than those with private health insurance (91 vs. 87%, p = 0.030) in the first period (2019-21). However, the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) did not remain significantly higher for patients with private health insurance compared to those with public health insurance (HR = 1.07; 95% CI 0.80-1.41; p = 0.651), even after propensity score matching of the groups by several baseline features.

conclusionBrazilian chronic HD patients funded by either private health plans or the public system have a similar 1-year mortality risk after controlling for several sociodemographic and clinical parameters.

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Insurance, HealthPrivate SectorRegistriesRenal DialysisAdultAgedBrazilCohort StudiesFemaleHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedPublic SectorRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateBrazilHealth insuranceHemodialysisRisk factorsSurvival

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