Table 2.
Health care system coverage for care of patients with kidney disease in 122 countries grouped according to ISN region and World Bank income group
| Region/group | Nondialysis CKD (n = 119) |
Dialysis (n = 122) |
Kidney transplantation (n = 112) |
AKI (n = 119) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly funded by government, free at the point of delivery | Publicly funded by government, some fees at delivery | A mix of publicly funded and private systems | Solely private and out of pocket | Solely private through health insurance providers | Publicly funded by government, free at the point of delivery | Publicly funded by government, some fees at delivery | A mix of publicly funded and private systems | Solely private and out of pocket | Solely private through health insurance providers | Publicly funded by government, free at the point of delivery | Publicly funded by government, some fees at delivery | A mix of publicly funded and private systems | Solely private and out of pocket | Solely private through health insurance providers | Publicly funded by government, free at the point of delivery | Publicly funded by government, some fees at delivery | A mix of publicly funded and private systems | Solely private and out of pocket | Solely private through health insurance providers | |
| Overall | 48 (40) | 50 (42) | 61 (51) | 14 (12) | 8 (7) | 77 (63) | 40 (33) | 52 (43) | 13 (11) | 10 (8) | 64 (57) | 35 (31) | 43 (38) | 18 (16) | 8 (7) | 67 (56) | 43 (36) | 56 (47) | 11 (9) | 6 (5) |
| ISN region | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Africa | 10 (29) | 14 (41) | 15 (44) | 7 (21) | 4 (12) | 13 (38) | 14 (41) | 12 (35) | 7 (21) | 4 (12) | 10 (37) | 3 (11) | 9 (33) | 11 (41) | 3 (11) | 13 (39) | 13 (39) | 15 (45) | 5 (15) | 3 (9) |
| Eastern and Central Europe | 12 (75) | 5 (31) | 2 (13) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 16 (94) | 1 (6) | 2 (12) | 1 (6) | 2 (12) | 16 (94) | 2 (12) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 16 (94) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 7 (47) | 5 (33) | 12 (80) | 1 (7) | 2 (13) | 11 (69) | 6 (38) | 12 (75) | 2 (13) | 3 (19) | 8 (53) | 7 (47) | 12 (80) | 2 (13) | 3 (20) | 8 (53) | 6 (40) | 12 (80) | 1 (7) | 2 (13) |
| Middle East | 5 (38) | 6 (46) | 8 (62) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (77) | 3 (23) | 7 (54) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (62) | 6 (46) | 6 (46) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (46) | 5 (38) | 7 (54) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| NIS and Russia | 1 (17) | 2 (33) | 4 (67) | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 6 (100) | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (67) | 2 (33) | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 4 (67) | 3 (50) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| North America | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| North and East Asia | 2 (33) | 6 (100) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (67) | 5 (83) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (33) | 6 (100) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (67) | 5 (83) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Oceania and Southeast Asia | 3 (23) | 7 (54) | 9 (69) | 2 (15) | 1 (8) | 4 (31) | 6 (46) | 9 (69) | 2 (15) | 1 (8) | 5 (42) | 5 (42) | 8 (67) | 3 (25) | 2 (17) | 6 (46) | 7 (54) | 9 (69) | 3 (23) | 1 (8) |
| South Asia | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 4 (100) | 2 (50) | 0 (0) | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 3 (75) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 2 (50) | 0 (0) |
| Western Europe | 6 (60) | 4 (40) | 3 (30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 2 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 3 (30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| World Bank income group | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Low income | 4 (24) | 8 (47) | 5 (29) | 5 (29) | 1 (6) | 5 (29) | 10 (59) | 5 (29) | 5 (29) | 1 (6) | 2 (17) | 1 (8) | 1 (8) | 8 (67) | 2 (17) | 5 (33) | 6 (40) | 6 (40) | 5 (33) | 0 (0) |
| Lower middle income | 4 (13) | 14 (45) | 22 (71) | 7 (23) | 4 (13) | 17 (50) | 12 (35) | 17 (50) | 7 (21) | 4 (12) | 9 (31) | 11 (38) | 17 (59) | 8 (28) | 2 (7) | 10 (30) | 17 (52) | 19 (58) | 5 (15) | 3 (9) |
| Upper middle income | 18 (56) | 13 (41) | 16 (50) | 1 (3) | 3 (9) | 24 (75) | 7 (22) | 14 (44) | 1 (3) | 3 (9) | 22 (69) | 13 (41) | 13 (41) | 2 (6) | 4 (13) | 23 (72) | 9 (28) | 14 (44) | 1 (3) | 3 (9) |
| High income | 22 (56) | 15 (38) | 18 (46) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 31 (79) | 11 (28) | 16 (41) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) | 31 (79) | 10 (26) | 12 (31) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 29 (74) | 11 (28) | 17 (44) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
AKI, acute kidney injury; CKD, chronic kidney disease; ISN, International Society of Nephrology; NIS, Newly Independent States. Values are n (%).