Patient Care Gaps Prior to Maintenance Dialysis Initiation: A Population-Based Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidelines in Ontario, Canada, recommend timely referral for multidisciplinary kidney care to facilitate planned dialysis initiation. Many patients do not receive recommended multidisciplinary kidney care prior to dialysis.

Objective

To better understand why this gap in pre-dialysis care exists, we conducted a study to describe the pathways by which patients initiate maintenance dialysis.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Population-based, using health care administrative databases from Ontario, Canada.

Patients

Adults initiating maintenance dialysis from April 2016 to March 2019.

Measurements and methods

Patients were grouped based on whether they received recommended multidisciplinary kidney care prior to dialysis initiatio

SUBMITTER: Molnar AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10657522 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature