Incidence, prevalence, and treatment of anemia of non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease: A retrospective database study in France.

Background: Minimal data are available regarding the prevalence and incidence of anemia among patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) in France.

Methods: This was a retrospective non-interventional study of patients with a record of NDD-CKD in the Echantillon Généraliste des Bénéficiaires (EGB) database between January 01, 2012, and December 31, 2017. The primary objective was to estimate the annual incidence and prevalence of anemia of NDD-CKD.

Healthcare costs in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: A real-life cohort study on 19,408 patients from the French national healthcare database.

Background: The aim is to report healthcare costs in a nationwide cohort of patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

Methods: This real-life longitudinal retrospective cohort study was based on the French National Health Data System and enrolled all adult patients from the general health insurance scheme implanted with an ICD between 2008 and 2011, and followed them until 2018.

Results: Overall, 19,408 patients were included (mean age 63.