Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization in Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada
In the maintenance dialysis population, all-cause mortality was significantly higher during several months of the pandemic; however, the overall rate of all-cause mortality was not substantially higher than expected in the first 36 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. There was no substantial increase in non-COVID-19-related mortality despite a substantial decrease in acute healthcare utilization. Ongoing monitoring of the dialysis population will offer further insights into the long-term effects of the pandemic.
Authors
- Rahul Chanchlani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9366-3118)
- Amit X. Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-3114)
- Matthew J. Oliver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3334-0581)
- Ahmed A. Al‐Jaishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0376-2214)
- M. Lynn Weir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6736-603X)
- Jane Ip
- Abhijat Kitchlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-5046)
- Stephanie N. Dixon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-6574)
- Peter G. Blake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0345-5989)
- Ziv Harel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8618-4538)
- Yuguang Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-4671)
- Kyla L. Naylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5304-8038)
- Jeffrey C. Kwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-2046)
- Ron Wald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4411-8169)
- Gihad Nesrallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2280-3811)
- Kevin Yau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-6778)
- Thérèse A. Stukel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-8764)
- Longdi Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6763-7709)
- Nivethika Jeyakumar
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (IL)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Humber River Regional Hospital (CA)
- Ontario Stroke Network (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
- Published
- 2025-03-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20543581251328077
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00