Basic description of the dialysis population of Kuwait: The 2015 data

Abstract

Kuwait has a small, relatively young population plagued with diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, making the risk of development and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) very high. The total dialysis population of Kuwait in 2015 was 1720. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has divided the country into six health regions. The total number of dialysis population has been increasing slowly from 1600 in 2013 to 1650 in 2014 to 1720 in 2015, with 4% increase from 2014 to 2015. We describe some salient features among the dialysis population in Kuwait.

Global Dialysis Perspective: Kuwait

“…Almost all of their HD patients are expatriates. 7 Two hospitals provide a tunneled catheter insertion procedure at a cost of USD 2,500, and two provide a kidney biopsy procedure at a cost of USD 1,500-3,000. However, histological examinations are done outside Kuwait.…”

“…PHF pays for only eight of 13 sessions per month in private sector and does not pay for medications, so most patients get HD twice weekly, and their medications (including erythropoiesis-stimulating agents [ESA]) from their original MoH hospital. 7 However, HD capacity in private sector is extremely limited.…”

“…Five hospitals out of 13 provide outpatient nephrology services, and only two provide private hospital-based chronic HD (Salam and Mowasat), servicing only 5% of the total dialysis population. Almost all of their patients on HD are expatriates (7). Two hospitals provide a tunneled catheter insertion procedure at a cost of US$2500, and two provide a kidney biopsy procedure at a cost of US$1500–3000.…”

“…">Ministry of Health (MoH):MoH divides Kuwait into six health regions. 7,8 Each region has a hospital that provides full adult nephrology services (figure 1), including chronic PD and in-center HD, outpatient clinics (with pharmacy and intravenous therapies), vascular access procedures, and inpatient services including acute dialysis (intermittent HD or continuous renal replacement therapy [CRRT]), catheter insertion, plasma exchange, and urgent urological intervention. Inpatient services are free of charge for all in MoH hospitals.…”

Predictors of Quality of Life among Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in Kuwait

“…K uwait is a small country with a relatively young population plagued with diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. This makes the risk of developing or progressing to chronic kidney disease (CKD) high (1). In Kuwait, the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from 1986 to 1990 was 72 patients per million of the population per year (2).…”