Study regarding the Chronic Renal Failure in Brasov County between 2000 and 2009 – from Epidemiology Date to an Informatics’ System

Abstract

Chronic renal failure (CRF) is a public health issue. This illness is underdiagnosed or diagnosed in advanced stages with severe complications, influencing the means to slow the disease progression, the only way to survive being the substitution of the renal. Recent studies show that the incidence and prevalence of CRF cases have constantly risen in Romania. Also, the therapeutic approach is a problem for the Romanian Health System. The number of dialysis centers has grown constantly in parallel with the development of privately owned centers, thus allowing, in the last 20 years, the number of dialyzed patients to grow 20-fold. In the same period, the number of persons who benefited from a renal transplant has grown, reaching a rate of over 100 / year. The epidemiologic study is a preliminary stage for the development of the informatics system for payments of dialysis services by the National Health Insurance House and forecasting the dialysis need in our county.