Hospitalization and mortality during the pandemic in chronic hemodialysis patients and the general population in Peru.

Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease have a higher risk of severe disease and mortality from COVID-19 than the general population.

Objective: To compare hospitalization and mortality rates during the pandemic among chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients and the general population in Lima (Peru).

Methods: This retrospective cohort included an assessment of the database of chronic HD patients of the health service providers of the social health insurance benefit networks of Lima and Callao between 2019 and 2021.