Increasing Rates of Kidney Failure Care in Canada Strains Demand for Kidney Donors.
The number of patients with kidney failure is on the rise in Canada, leading to a higher need for dialysis treatment and greater demand for kidney transplants, which have superior patient outcomes and lower healthcare system costs than dialysis treatments. This study examines the incidence and prevalence of kidney failure and renal replacement therapies between 2005 and 2014. The number of patients on dialysis has increased by 31% over this decade. The number of annual kidney transplants performed has also increased along with the waiting list for a kidney transplant, resulting in a persistent 2.5 times gap between patients on a waiting list for a kidney and the number of kidney transplants performed. New programs to increase organ donation to kidney failure patients have led to improvements, but have not been able to close this gap. Continued innovations are needed to preserve kidney function for patients with chronic kidney disease and to promote and increase donation rates in Canada to improve the quality of life and survival of thousands of patients, as well as save hundreds of millions of dollars to healthcare systems in Canada.
Program lead for the CORR at CIHI. He has previously worked as a medical writer in the clinical research industry and as a researcher at several federal government agencies.
Michael
M
Terner
Coordinator for the CORR at CIHI. She is responsible for providing support to analytical projects and reports.
Noura
N
Redding
Manager for the CORR at CIHI. She has over 10 years of management and analytic experience working with Canadian health data holdings and registries, and in decision support services.
Juliana
J
Wu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012042:Registries; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult