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Population
• 20 million Americans, or 1 in 9 adults, have chronic kidney disease (CKD)
• 20 million+ Americans are at risk of developing CKD
• 475,000+ Americans have irreversible kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and require dialysis or kidney transplant to survive
• 335,000+ ESRD patients receive dialysis at least 3 times per week to replace kidney function
• 80,000+ People die annually due to CKD, making it the ninth leading cause of death in the U.S.
• 17,000+ Americans received a kidney transplant in 2005
• 75% Of new dialysis patients have diabetes and/or hypertension as the underlying cause of irreversible kidney failure
• 80% Of ESRD patients rely on Medicare for their primary health insurance
• 33% Of ESRD patients are dually-eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
Cost
• $20 Billion Total annual cost of the Medicare ESRD program
• $98,000 Cost of a kidney transplant per patient in the first year
• $67,000+ Medicare spending on dialysis per-patient per-year
• $10,000+ Cost of immunosuppressive drugs per-transplant recipient per-year
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