Publications by authors named "Margherita Battista"

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important public health problem. Most of the evidence on its costs relates to patients receiving dialysis or kidney transplants, which shows that, in these phases, CKD poses a high burden to payers. Less evidence is available on the costs of the predialytic phase.

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Synopsis of recent research by authors named "Margherita Battista"

  • - Margherita Battista's recent research primarily focuses on the economic implications of chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly examining the costs associated with patients in the predialytic phase.
  • - The findings from Battista's study highlight the significant financial burden that CKD imposes on healthcare systems, even before patients require dialysis or kidney transplants, an area that has been less studied compared to later stages of the disease.
  • - The study, titled "The Cost of Patients with Chronic Kidney Failure Before Dialysis," contributes important insights into the necessity for awareness and management strategies aimed at the predialytic phase to potentially reduce overall healthcare costs.