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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 May 13;64(5):770–780. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.04.014

Table 2.

Chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder medication use among dialysis patients enrolled in Medicare Part D, 2007–2010

All Without LIS With LIS
Medication 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010
No. of patients 198,349 209,972 220,051 231,320 55,134 60,360 64,335 67,446 143,215 149,612 155,716 163,874
Phosphate binder
  Calcium acetate 40.6 39.7 39.2 38.7 38.5 37.3 37.0 36.9 41.3 40.6 40.1 39.4
  Lanthanum carbonate 13.0 12.0 11.3 9.5 10.1 8.5 7.3 6.0 14.1 13.4 12.9 10.9
  Sevelamer carbonate 0.0 5.3 23.2 43.0 0.0 4.1 20.1 33.7 0.0 5.7 24.5 46.7
  Sevelamer hydrochloride 52.2 51.3 40.3 19.9 42.4 41.0 28.8 11.4 55.9 55.4 44.9 23.3
  Sevelamer 52.2 53.2 53.5 54.2 42.4 42.7 41.9 41.2 55.9 57.4 58.2 59.4
  Any phosphate binder 83.0 83.2 83.2 82.6 74.4 73.7 72.5 71.4 86.2 87.0 87.5 87.1
Oral vitamin D analogue
  Calcitriol 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.3 5.6 6.2 6.2 6.5 5.4 5.7 5.9 6.3
  Doxercalciferol 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3
  Paricalcitol 1.2 1.4 1.8 2.0 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.1 1.2 1.4 1.8 2.0
  Any oral vitamin D analogue 8.5 9.1 9.5 9.9 8.5 9.2 9.3 9.8 8.6 9.0 9.5 10.0
IV Vitamin D analogue
  Calcitriol 2.4 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.1 2.7 1.9 1.8 2.0
  Doxercalciferol 27.4 22.4 20.9 35.4 21.7 17.7 16.3 26.6 29.6 24.2 22.7 39.0
  Paricalcitol 59.4 62.5 62.4 65.0 47.9 50.0 49.6 51.2 63.7 67.5 67.5 70.5
  Any IV vitamin analogue 79.3 79.1 77.5 77.5 63.6 63.2 61.3 60.4 85.2 85.4 84.1 84.4
Calcimimetic
  Cinacalcet 31.8 33.3 31.9 31.0 21.2 22.3 21.0 20.8 35.8 37.7 36.3 35.1

Note: Values are given as percentages.

LIS, low-income subsidy; IV, intravenous.