Impact of routine reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate using the European Kidney Function Consortium and Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equations in a Western Australian community population.

Use of the EKFC equation will increase population prevalence of CKD and will result in a shift to higher stages of CKD. This has implications for monitoring and referral of patients within specialist services and has the potential to increase the need for multidisciplinary care.