Fine-scale geographic variations of rates of renal replacement therapy in northeastern France: Association with the socioeconomic context and accessibility to care.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
23
07
2019
accepted:
12
07
2020
entrez:
30
7
2020
pubmed:
30
7
2020
medline:
30
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The strong geographic variations in the incidence rates of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease are not solely related to variations in the population's needs, such as the prevalence of diabetes or the deprivation level. Inequitable geographic access to health services has been involved in different countries but never in France, a country with a generous supply of health services and where the effect of the variability of medical practices was highlighted in an analysis conducted at the geographic scale of districts. Our ecological study, performed at the finer scale of townships in a French area of 8,370,616 inhabitants, investigated the association between RRT incidence rates, socioeconomic environment and geographic accessibility to healthcare while adjusting for morbidity level and medical practice patterns. Using data from the Renal Epidemiology and Information Network registry, we estimated age-adjusted RRT incidence rates during 2010-2014 for the 282 townships of the area. A hierarchical Bayesian Poisson model was used to examine the association between incidence rates and 18 contextual variables describing population health status, socioeconomic level and health services characteristics. Relative risks (RRs) and 95% credible intervals (95% CrIs) for each variable were estimated for a 1-SD increase in incidence rate. During 2010-2014, 6,835 new patients ≥18 years old (4231 men, 2604 women) living in the study area started RRT; the RRT incidence rates by townships ranged from 21 to 499 per million inhabitants. In multivariate analysis, rates were related to the prevalence of diabetes [RR (95% CrI): 1.05 (1.04-1.11)], the median estimated glomerular filtration rate at dialysis initiation [1.14 (1.08-1.20)], and the proportion of incident patients ≥ 85 years old [1.08 (1.03-1.14)]. After adjusting for these factors, rates in townships increased with increasing French deprivation index [1.05 (1.01-1.08)] and decreased with increasing mean travel time to reach the closest nephrologist [0.92 (0.89-0.95]). These data confirm the influence of deprivation level, the prevalence of diabetes and medical practices on RRT incidence rates across a large French area. For the first time, an association was found with the distance to nephrology services. These data suggest possible inequitable geographic access to RRT within the French health system.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The strong geographic variations in the incidence rates of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease are not solely related to variations in the population's needs, such as the prevalence of diabetes or the deprivation level. Inequitable geographic access to health services has been involved in different countries but never in France, a country with a generous supply of health services and where the effect of the variability of medical practices was highlighted in an analysis conducted at the geographic scale of districts. Our ecological study, performed at the finer scale of townships in a French area of 8,370,616 inhabitants, investigated the association between RRT incidence rates, socioeconomic environment and geographic accessibility to healthcare while adjusting for morbidity level and medical practice patterns.
METHODS
Using data from the Renal Epidemiology and Information Network registry, we estimated age-adjusted RRT incidence rates during 2010-2014 for the 282 townships of the area. A hierarchical Bayesian Poisson model was used to examine the association between incidence rates and 18 contextual variables describing population health status, socioeconomic level and health services characteristics. Relative risks (RRs) and 95% credible intervals (95% CrIs) for each variable were estimated for a 1-SD increase in incidence rate.
RESULTS
During 2010-2014, 6,835 new patients ≥18 years old (4231 men, 2604 women) living in the study area started RRT; the RRT incidence rates by townships ranged from 21 to 499 per million inhabitants. In multivariate analysis, rates were related to the prevalence of diabetes [RR (95% CrI): 1.05 (1.04-1.11)], the median estimated glomerular filtration rate at dialysis initiation [1.14 (1.08-1.20)], and the proportion of incident patients ≥ 85 years old [1.08 (1.03-1.14)]. After adjusting for these factors, rates in townships increased with increasing French deprivation index [1.05 (1.01-1.08)] and decreased with increasing mean travel time to reach the closest nephrologist [0.92 (0.89-0.95]).
CONCLUSION
These data confirm the influence of deprivation level, the prevalence of diabetes and medical practices on RRT incidence rates across a large French area. For the first time, an association was found with the distance to nephrology services. These data suggest possible inequitable geographic access to RRT within the French health system.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32722704
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236698
pii: PONE-D-19-20645
pmc: PMC7386572
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0236698Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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