Trends in kidney function testing in UK primary care since the introduction of the quality and outcomes framework: a retrospective cohort study using CPRD.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterise serum creatinine and urinary protein testing in UK general practices from 2005 to 2013 and to examine how the frequency of testing varies across demographic factors, with the presence of chronic conditions and with the prescribing of drugs for which kidney function monitoring is recommended.

Design

Retrospective open cohort study.

Setting

Routinely collected data from 630 UK general practices contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Participants

4 573 275 patients aged over 18 years registered at up-to-standard practices between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2013. At study entry, no patients were kidney transplant donors or recipients, pregnant or on dialysis.

Primary outcome measures

The rate of serum creatinine an

SUBMITTER: Feakins B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6575820 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature