Chronic Kidney Disease in Tasmania: Protocol for a Data Linkage Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant and growing health burden globally. Tasmania has the highest state prevalence for non-Indigenous Australians and it has consistently had the lowest incidence and prevalence of dialysis in Australia.

Objective

To examine the gap between the high community prevalence of CKD in Tasmania and the low use of dialysis.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study using linked data from 5 health and 2 pathology data sets from the island state of Tasmania, Australia. The study population consists of any person (all ages including children) who had a blood measurement of creatinine with the included pathology providers between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2017. This study population (N=460,737) includes within it a C

SUBMITTER: Saunder T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530696 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature