Trends in anemia care in older patients approaching end-stage renal disease in the United States (1995-2010).

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Anemia is common in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Whereas the treatment of anemia in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has attracted considerable attention, relatively little is known about patterns and trends in the anemia care received by patients before they start maintenance dialysis or undergo preemptive kidney transplantation.

Objective

To determine the trends in anemia treatment received by Medicare beneficiaries approaching ESRD.

Design, setting, and participants

Closed cohort study in the United States using national ESRD registry data (US Renal Data System) of patients 67 years or older who initiated maintenance dialysis or underwent preemptive kidney transplantation between 1995 and 2010. All eligible patients had unin

SUBMITTER: Winkelmayer WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4286316 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature