Prevalence and recognition of chronic kidney disease in Stockholm healthcare

Conclusions An estimated 6% of the adult Stockholm population accessing healthcare has CKD, but the frequency of albuminuria testing, nephrology consultations and registration of CKD diagnoses was suboptimal despite universal care. Improving provider awareness and treatment of CKD could have a significant public health impact.

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Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - December 7, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Gasparini, A., Evans, M., Coresh, J., Grams, M. E., Norin, O., Qureshi, A. R., Runesson, B., Barany, P., Ärnlöv, J., Jernberg, T., Wettermark, B., Elinder, C. G., Carrero, J.-J. Tags: Chronic Kidney Disease Source Type: research