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Economic costs and benefits of transplantation

Journalist Workshop on Organ Donation and Transplantation7 October 2013

Stefaan Van der Spiegel, Team LeaderSubstances of Human Origin, European Commission

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5%

77%

6%

12%

Peritoneal dialysisHemodialysisFirst year of TransplantPost-Transplant follow-up

Annual spending on different treatments for end-stage renal failure, 2007

Analyses HAS – 2010 France

Source data: SNIIR-AM, reimbursement costs Assurance Maladie

100% = 4024 Million Euro

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Kidney transplants offer annual savings U.K.Costs per patient of treatment options for end-stage renal failure

2009 data, British Pounds, source DoH Blood and Transplant (UK)

In 2009, 23.000 patients with a functioning kidney transplant were estimated to save 512million£ per year in dialysis costs

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6%

36%

35%

9%

6%3% 3% 2% Organ procurement

Renal transplants

Liver transplants

Heart transplants

Lung transplants

Pancreatic transplants

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Annual cost of Solid Organ transplant programmes, Spain

Cost transplant Spainprogrammes

Source data: ONT

100% = 171 Million Euro

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Renal transplants pay back all solid organ transplant programmes

Annual savings per transplant 21,000€

Renal transplant per year ~2200Potential annual saving 46 M €

Cumulative nr of tx patients 19,000Potential annual savings 400 M€(Annual cost of tx programmes 170 M€)

Analyses ONT Spain

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• No common EU data, but…

• … all (national) analyses confirm that kidney transplants are offering significant savings …

• … and indicate that the total transplant programme cost is well covered by these savings

• … AND …

Conclusion…

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Conclusion…