Abstract | OBJECTIVE: Few studies have focused on patients actually attending renal units for their follow-up over time. This study reports the type of prevalent patients (case-mix) with a renal condition being followed up by 19 renal units in the Nordic countries during 1998-99. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a joint quality of care development project between the renal societies of the five Nordic countries and the unit for Quality of Health Systems, WHO (Europe), 19 renal units collected data on a random sample of their prevalent patients. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: The data, collected in 1998-99, indicate that there is room for improvement in the quality of care provided by renal units to patients with CKD. The data may serve as a basis for assessing possible change in nephrological practice after the introduction of K/DOQI guidelines and staging of chronic renal disease.
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Authors | Harald Bergrem, Lasse G Gøransson, Pall Asmundsson, Bo Feldt-Rasmussen, Carola Grønhagen-Riska, Gunnar Westberg |
Journal | Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology
(Scand J Urol Nephrol)
Vol. 43
Issue 4
Pg. 319-24
( 2009)
ISSN: 1651-2065 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 19333821
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Chronic Disease
- Denmark
(epidemiology)
- Diagnosis-Related Groups
- Female
- Finland
(epidemiology)
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Iceland
(epidemiology)
- Kidney Diseases
(epidemiology, therapy)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Norway
(epidemiology)
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
(standards)
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
(standards)
- Referral and Consultation
- Renal Dialysis
- Retrospective Studies
- Sweden
(epidemiology)
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