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Table 4 Projected total annual hospital cost avoidance by reducing the rate of unplanned dialysis in Canada

From: An integrated review of "unplanned" dialysis initiation: reframing the terminology to "suboptimal" initiation

Reducing the rate of unplanned dialysis from 30% to:

Hospitalization required for first planned dialysis

Hospitalization NOT required for first planned dialysis

20%

$8,874,255

$10,716,077

15%

$13,311,382

$16,074,116

10%

$17,748,510

$21,432,155