Analysis of the kidney failure risk equation implementation in routine clinical practice and health inequalities in chronic kidney disease care: a retrospective cohort study
KFRE could be calculated for less than half of people due to lack of albuminuria testing. Focus should be given to improving albuminuria testing and inequities identified to allow wider implementation of KFRE.
Authors
- Jim Lewsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165)
- Denise Scott Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5195-5312)
- Sandosh Padmanabhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808)
- Ruth Dundas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286)
- Shabana Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-709X)
- Heather R. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-5779)
- Jocelyn Friday (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1658-3883)
- Patrick Barry Mark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123)
- Jill P. Pell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035)
- Daniel Mackay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098)
- Claudia Geue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-0733)
- Clea du Toit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-6965)
- Katie Gallacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758)
- Claire E. Hastie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4604-3319)
- Bhautesh Jani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X)
- Frederick K. Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025)
- Michael F. Fleming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8151-6871)
- Tran Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6829-6432)
- Alan Stevenson
- M. K. Sullivan
Institutions
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (GB)
- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nephrology
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04043-0
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.26
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- Medical Research Council