Assessment of Global Kidney Health Care Status.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Kidney disease is a substantial worldwide clinical and public health problem, but information about available care is limited.

Objective

To collect information on the current state of readiness, capacity, and competence for the delivery of kidney care across countries and regions of the world.

Design, setting, and participants

Questionnaire survey administered from May to September 2016 by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) to 130 ISN-affiliated countries with sampling of key stakeholders (national nephrology society leadership, policy makers, and patient organization representatives) identified by the country and regional nephrology leadership through the ISN.

Main outcomes and measures

Core areas of country capacity and response for kidn

SUBMITTER: Bello AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470418 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature