COST OF RUNNING DIALYSIS IN FAS 3.01 MB

COST OF RUNNING
DIALYSIS IN FREELY
ASSOCIATED STATES
FNU & PIHOA JOINT STUDY
background

Non-communicable diseases as one of the top
priorities for the entire world. (World Health
Organization, 2012)

Seoul Declaration and Honiara Communique on the
crisis of non-communicable diseases in the region,
emphasise the importance of collective and intensive
efforts for the prevention and control of these diseases.
(World Health Organization, 2012)

Prevalence of renal diseases among the indigenous
people of Oceania is also on the increase. (Weil &
Nelson, 2006)

Non-communicable diseases are becoming a leading
cause of disability and death in the Western Pacific
Region. (World Health Organization, 2012)

Western Pacific region is predicted to contribute as
the most deaths due to non-communicable diseases
by 12.3 million deaths in 2020 followed by South-East
Asia with 10.4 million deaths in the same year. (World
Health Organization, 2012)
Age-standardized prevalence of insufficient
physical activity in adults 15+ years, comparable
estimates, Western Pacific Region, 2008
Total adult (15+ years of age) per capita
consumption of pure alcohol (litres) for both sexes,
Western Pacific Region, 2008
Age-standardized prevalence of obesity in adults
aged 20+ years, comparable country estimates,
Western Pacific Region, 2008
Age-standardized prevalence of raised blood
pressure in adults aged 25+ years, comparable
country estimates, Western Pacific Region, 2008
Age-standardized prevalence of diabetes mellitus in
adults aged 25+ years, comparable estimates,
Western Pacific Region, 2008
Age-standardized prevalence of raised total
cholesterol in adults aged 25 years, comparable
country
So what?

FAS has a rampant NCD crisis.

One of the outcomes of NCD crisis is that there will be
large number of people requiring complicated
healthcare services such as interventional cardiology,
advanced nephology, operative ophthalmology,
vascular surgery etc.

One of the most serious burdens of disease due to NCDs
is renal disease.
Jurisdiction
based
evaluations
REPUBLIC OF PALAU
CURRENT SITUATION
 Belau
National Hospital currently offers
dialysis services
 Currently
there are 30-35 patients receiving
haemo-dialysis
 There
 The
are 9 machines in the dialysis center
center offers twice a week dialysis at 4
hours per session
HAEMO-DIALYSIS PROCEDURE
COMPETE BLOOD COUNT
SERUM POTASSIUM
SERUM SODIUM
EPOGEN (ERYTHROPOETIN)
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
AVF INSERTION
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
SERUM CREATININE
SERUM PHOSPHORUS
SERUM CALCIUM
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
TOTAL COST PER PATIENT PER YEAR
TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS in 2013
TOTAL COST PER YEAR
$231.00
$50.00
$12.10
$12.10
$85.06
$180.40
$304.50
$11.00
$12.10
$12.10
$12.10
$17.60
8
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
ANNUAL
COST PER
ITEM PER
PATIENT
AVERAGE
MONTHLY
FREQUENCY
AVERAGE
ANNUAL
FREQUENCY
COST PER
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
96 $22,176.00
24
$1,200.00
12
$145.20
12
$145.20
24
$2,041.44
2
$360.80
$0.00
24
$264.00
24
$290.40
6
$72.60
12
$145.20
8
$140.80
$26,981.64
32
$863,412.48
 Total
cost of materials
=
$ 869,502.48
 Total overhead cost + labor
=
$ 478,226.36
 Therefore total annual cost of dialysis
=
$ 1,348,726.84
new machines
needed
0
2015
42
$1,768,894.11
11
2
$28,000
2016
49.2
$2,072,133.10
12
1
2017
56.4
$2,375,372.09
14
2018
63.6
$2,678,611.08
2019
70.8
2020
$1,483,055
9.89%
$28,000
$1,896,894
12.65%
$14,000
$24,600
$2,096,733
13.98%
2
$28,000
$28,200
$2,403,572
16.02%
16
4
$56,000
$31,800
$2,710,411
18.07%
$2,981,850.07
18
2
$28,000
$45,900
$3,127,750
20.85%
78
$3,285,089.06
20
2
$28,000
$39,000
$3,324,089
22.16%
2021
85.2
$3,588,328.05
21
1
$14,000
$42,600
$3,630,928
24.21%
2022
92.4
$3,891,567.04
23
2
$28,000
$46,200
$3,937,767
26.25%
2023
99.6
$4,194,806.03
25
3
$42,000
$49,800
$4,244,606
28.30%
2024
106.8
$4,498,045.02
27
2
$28,000
$53,400
$4,551,445
30.34%
2025
114
$4,801,284.01
29
2
$28,000
$57,000
$4,858,284
32.39%
2
3
Cost of RO
$17,400
cost of new
machines
% of budget
spent
total machines
needed
9
Total cost on
dialysis
Total recurrent
cost on dialysis
$1,465,655.12
Maintenance
Projected
number of
patients
34.8
Total RO plants
needed
Year
2014
100,000
100,000
Jurisdiction
based analysis
STATE OF POHNPEI
CURRENT SITUATION
 Pohnpei
is the only state to offer dialysis services
in FSM
 Currently there are 10-14 patients receiving
haemo-dialysis
 Pohnpei State Hospital offers services through 4
machines
 Pohnpei offered thrice a week dialysis at 2.5
hours a session
 Now I learn that Pohnpei follows twice a week 4
hours a session dialysis
AVERAGE MONTHLY AVERAGE ANNUAL ANNUAL COST PER ITEM
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
FREQUENCY
PER PATIENT
FREQUENCY
$147.60
12
144
$21,254.40
COMPETE BLOOD COUNT
$15.00
2
24
$360.00
SERUM POTASSIUM
$10.00
1
12
$120.00
SERUM SODIUM
$10.00
1
12
$120.00
HAEMO-DIALYSIS PROCEDURE
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
$180.40
2
$360.80
AVF INSERTION
$600.00
9
$5,400.00
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
$10.00
2
24
$240.00
SERUM CREATININE
$10.00
2
24
$240.00
TOTAL COST PER PATIENT PER YEAR
TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS
TOTAL MATERIAL COST PER YEAR
TOTAL OVERHEADS
TOTAL COST FOR DIALYSIS
Total cost per patient per year
$28,095.20
12
$337,142.40
$40,851.36
$313,193.76
$26,099.48
Total cost on
dialysis
% of budget
spent
Maintenance
14,000
11,487 461,181
5.76%
$498,552.27 6
0
0
12,735 511,287
6.39%
2018 21
$547,410.49 7
1
14,000
13,983 561,393
7.02%
2019 23
$596,268.72 8
1
14,000
15,231 611,499
7.64%
2020 25
$645,126.95 8
0
0
16,479 661,606
8.27%
2021 27
$693,985.17 9
1
14,000
17,727 711,712
8.90%
2022 28
$742,843.40 9
0
0
18,975 761,818
9.52%
2023 30
$791,701.63 10
1
14,000
20,223 811,924
10.15%
2024 32
$840,559.85 11
1
14,000
21,471 862,031
10.78%
2025 34
$889,418.08 11
1
14,000
22,719 912,137
11.40%
total
machines
needed
new
machines
needed
0
2015 15
$400,835.81 5
1
2016 17
$449,694.04 6
2017 19
Cost of RO
1
$351,977.59 4
Total RO
plants
needed
5.14%
cost of new
machines
10,239 411,074
Total
recurrent
cost of
dialysis
14,000
Projected
number of
patients
4.51%
Year
360,968
2014 13
8,991
If Pohnpei adopts the
twice a week 4 hours a
week schedule
ANNUAL
COST PER
ITEM PER
PATIENT
AVERAGE
ANNUAL
FREQUENCY
AVERAGE
MONTHLY
FREQUENCY
PRICE
DESCRIPTION
$118.80
8
96 $11,404.80
COMPETE BLOOD COUNT
$15.00
2
24
$360.00
SERUM POTASSIUM
$10.00
1
12
$120.00
SERUM SODIUM
$10.00
1
12
$120.00
HAEMO-DIALYSIS PROCEDURE
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
$180.40
2
$360.80
AVF INSERTION
$600.00
9
$5,400.00
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
$10.00
2
24
$240.00
SERUM CREATININE
$10.00
2
24
$240.00
TOTAL COST PER PATIENT PER YEAR
TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS (average)
TOTAL MATERIAL COST PER YEAR
TOTAL OVERHEADS
TOTAL COST FOR DIALYSIS
Total cost per patient per year
$18,245.60
12
$218,947.20
$40,851.36
$259,798.56
$21,649.88
% of budget
spent
Total cost on
dialysis
Maintenance
Cost of RO
Total RO plants
needed
cost of new
machines
new machines
needed
total machines
needed
Total recurrent
cost of dialysis
Projected
number of
patients
Year
2014
13 $291,970.28
3
0
0
6,743 298,713 3.73%
2015
15 $332,498.86
4
0
0
7,679 340,178 4.25%
2016
17 $373,027.43
4
0
0
8,615 381,642 4.77%
2017
19 $413,556.01
5
1 14,000
9,551 423,107 5.29%
2018
21 $454,084.58
5
0
0
10,487 464,572 5.81%
2019
23 $494,613.16
6
1 14,000
11,423 506,036 6.33%
2020
25 $535,141.73
6
0
0
12,359 547,501 6.84%
2021
27 $575,670.31
7
1 14,000
13,295 588,965 7.36%
2022
28 $616,198.88
7
0
0
14,231 630,430 7.88%
2023
30 $656,727.46
8
1 14,000
15,167 671,894 8.40%
2024
32 $697,256.04
8
0
0
16,103 713,359 8.92%
2025
34 $737,784.61
9
1 14,000
17,039 754,824 9.44%
Cost for 3
cost for 2
Year times dialysis times dialysis
Annual
savings
2014
$360,968.25
$298,713.28
$62,254.97
2015
$411,074.48
$340,177.86
$70,896.62
2016
$461,180.71
$381,642.43
$79,538.27
2017
$511,286.93
$423,107.01
$88,179.93
2018
$561,393.16
$464,571.58
$96,821.58
2019
$611,499.39
$506,036.16
$105,463.23
2020
$661,605.61
$547,500.73
$114,104.88
2021
$711,711.84
$588,965.31
$122,746.53
2022
$761,818.07
$630,429.88
$131,388.18
2023
$811,924.29
$671,894.46
$140,029.83
2024
$862,030.52
$713,359.04
$148,671.48
Jurisdiction
based analysis
STATE OF CHUUK
Current situation
 Chuuk
does not offer haemo-dialysis
services
 There are two dialysis machines in Chuuk
 The two machines in Chuuk are to be
transferred to Pohnpei
 Estimated number of patients requiring
dialysis is 40
41
$887,948.18
10
2015
43
$928,476.75
11
1
2016
45
$969,005.33
11
2017
47
$1,009,533.90
2018
49
2019
10 140,000
1 100,000
% of budget
spent
Total cost on
dialysis
Maintenanc
e
Cost of RO
Total RO
plants
needed
cost of new
machines
total
machines
needed
new
machines
needed
Total
recurrent
cost of
dialysis
Projected
number of
patients
Year
2014
24,007 1,151,955
14.40%
14,000
21,443
963,920
12.05%
0
0
22,379
991,384
12.39%
12
1
14,000
23,315 1,046,849
13.09%
$1,050,062.48
12
0
0
24,251 1,074,313
13.43%
50
$1,090,591.06
13
1
14,000
25,187 1,129,778
14.12%
2020
52
$1,131,119.63
13
0
0
26,123 1,157,243
14.47%
2021
54
$1,171,648.21
14
1
14,000
27,059 1,212,707
15.16%
2022
54
$1,169,959.52
14
0
0
27,020 1,196,980
14.96%
2023
58
$1,252,705.36
14
0
0
28,931 1,281,636
16.02%
2024
60
$1,293,233.93
15
1
14,000
33,367 1,440,601
18.01%
2025
62
$1,333,762.51
15
0
0
30,803 1,364,566
17.06%
1 100,000
Jurisdiction
based analysis
STATE OF KOSRAE
Current situation
 Kosrae
as at now does not offer haemo-dialysis
services
 There has been noticeable motivation at the level
of policy makers to make efforts towards providing
dialysis
 Therefore, even though Kosrae was not a part of
this study initially, it was included subsequently
 There are 7 known patients requiring dialysis in
Kosrae at the moment
% of budget
spent
Total cost on
dialysis
8 $173,502.14
2
2 $28,000
2015
10 $214,030.71
2
0
0
$4,943 $218,974 10.95%
2016
12 $254,559.29
3
1 $14,000
$5,879 $274,438 13.72%
2017
14 $295,087.86
3
0
0
$6,815 $301,903 15.10%
2018
16 $335,616.44
4
1 $14,000
$7,751 $357,367 17.87%
2019
17 $376,145.02
4
0
0
$8,687 $384,832 19.24%
2020
19 $416,673.59
5
1 $14,000
$9,623 $440,297 22.01%
2021
21 $457,202.17
5
0
0
$10,559 $467,761 23.39%
2022
23 $497,730.74
6
1 $14,000
$11,495 $523,226 26.16%
2023
25 $538,259.32
6
0
0
$12,431 $550,690 27.53%
2024
27 $578,787.89
7
1 $14,000
$13,367 $606,155 30.31%
2025
29 $619,316.47
7
0
$14,303 $633,619 31.68%
0
1 $100,000
Maintenance
Cost of RO
Total RO plants
needed
cost of new
machines
new machines
needed
total machines
needed
Total recurrent
cost of dialysis
Projected
number of
patients
Year
2014
$7,507 $309,009 15.45%
Jurisdiction
based analysis
REPUBLIC OF MARSHALL
ISLANDS
Current situation
 At
the moment RMI does not offer dialysis
services
 RMI has a history of providing dialysis
services
 There are three dialysis machines in the
RMI warehouses
 The estimated patient load is 60
20 $280,000
2 $100,000
% of budget spent
Total cost on dialysis
Maintenance
Cost of RO
Total RO plants
needed
cost of new
machines
total machines
needed
new machines
needed
Total recurrent cost
of dialysis
Projected number of
patients
Year
2014
61 $1,320,945.78
20
$47,676 $1,748,622 7.95%
2015
63 $1,361,474.35
21
1
$14,000
$41,924 $1,417,398 6.44%
2016
65 $1,402,002.93
22
1
$14,000
$43,172 $1,459,175 6.63%
2017
67 $1,442,531.50
22
0
$0
$44,420 $1,486,952 6.76%
2018
69 $1,483,060.08
23
1
$14,000
$45,668 $1,542,728 7.01%
2019
70 $1,523,588.66
23
0
$0
$46,916 $1,570,505 7.14%
2020
72 $1,564,117.23
24
1
$14,000
$48,164 $1,626,281 7.39%
2021
74 $1,604,645.81
25
1
$14,000
$49,412 $1,668,058 7.58%
2022
76 $1,645,174.38
25
0
$0
$50,660 $1,695,834 7.71%
2023
78 $1,685,702.96
26
1
$14,000
$51,908 $1,751,611 7.96%
2024
80 $1,726,231.53
27
1
$14,000
$53,156 $1,793,388 8.15%
2025
82 $1,766,760.11
27
0
$0
$54,404 $1,821,164 8.28%
Scenarios
The scenarios to be considered
 Keep
things as they are and let off shore
services cater to the demand/increasing
demand
 Provide
dialysis services in the jurisdictions
to cater to the impending demand
 Hybrid
time
solution of providing services to buy
Keep things as
they are and
let off shore
services cater
to the
demand/
increasing
demand
CONNS
PROS
 Will make the people
 No additional burden
very unhappy
on the system
 Severe out of pocket
 People will obtain
expenditure on services
overseas services
despite the government  Patients who cannot
afford transfer will not
 Will not create new
receive services
inequities
 Make people relocate
overseas
 Maintain the inequities
between the haves and
have-nots
 Will not sustain after
2017
Provide dialysis
services in the
jurisdictions to
cater to the
impending
demand
PROS
 Patients are going to be
very happy
 Will reduce affordability
driven inequities
 Best way to reduce out
of pocket expenditure
for patients
 Most convenient for
patients
 Will create jobs in the
health sector
 Reduce fund outflow
from domestic
economies in sourcing
overseas care
CONNS
 Will push the health
ministries towards
severe constrains
 Will burden the already
human resources
 Lead systems towards
sever inequities
 Very soon dialysis will
consume lion share of
healthcare budgets
 Severely compromise
the essential services
 Will create resource
allocation inequities
Hybrid solution
of providing
services to buy
time
Buy time for what and how?






None of the sites can sustain dialysis services on their
own
If they are to sustain dialysis, there should be an
additional grant to support medium term service
provision
Each site should develop an exit strategy by then to
successfully control NCDs and reduce the demand to a
manageable level
Once the grant is over, the demand should be so low
that the sites could sustain
The sites need support for innovative NCD prevention
and support to develop policy to implement this
solution
The response need to be mainstreamed that it really
works
PROS
 Best of both worlds
 Most sustainable
solution
 Healthy populations
CONNS
 Cannot afford to
get it wrong!
Thank you