Status of care for end stage kidney disease in countries and regions worldwide: international cross sectional survey.
Aminu K BelloAdeera LevinMeaghan LunneyMohamed A OsmanFeng YeGloria E AshuntantangEzequiel Bellorin-FontMohammed Benghanem GharbiSara N DavisonMohammad GhnaimatPaul HardenHtay HtayVivekanand JhaKamyar Kalantar-ZadehPeter G KerrScott KlarenbachCsaba P KovesdyValerie A LuyckxBrendon L NeuenDonal O'DonoghueShahrzad OssarehJeffrey PerlHarun Ur RashidEric RondeauEmily SeeSyed SaadLaura SolaIrma TchokhonelidzeVladimir TesarKriang TungsangaRumeyza Turan KazanciogluAngela Yee-Moon WangNatasha WiebeChih-Wei YangAlexander ZemchenkovMing-Hui ZhaoKitty J JagerFergus CaskeyVlado PerkovicKailash K JindalIkechi G OkpechiMarcello TonelliJohn FeehallyDavid C HarrisDavid W JohnsonPublished in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2019)
These comprehensive data show the capacity of countries (including low income countries) to provide optimal care for patients with end stage kidney disease. They demonstrate substantial variability in the burden of such disease and capacity for kidney replacement therapy and conservative kidney management, which have implications for policy.