Referral patterns to renal services: what has changed in the past 4 years? | Zendy

H. Hobbs | Zendy; P. E. Stevens | Zendy; B. Klebe | Zendy; Jean Irving | Zendy; Roger Cooley | Zendy; Dónal O’Donoghue | Zendy; Steven M. Green | Zendy; Chris Farmer | Zendy

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Referral patterns to renal services: what has changed in the past 4 years?

Author(s) -

H. Hobbs,

P. E. Stevens,

B. Klebe,

Jean Irving,

Roger Cooley,

Dónal O’Donoghue,

Steven M. Green,

Chris Farmer

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp289

Subject(s) - referral , medicine , quality and outcomes framework , kidney disease , renal function , comorbidity , population , epidemiology , family medicine , primary care , environmental health

Awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been prompted by the publication of several large epidemiological studies since 2002. This has led to various initiatives for the early identification and management of CKD, including the introduction of automated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) reporting and renal indicators in the primary care quality and outcomes framework (QOF) since April 2006. These initiatives were intended to promote identification of CKD and have had an impact on referral patterns to renal services. The aim of this study was to understand the nature of this impact in a catchment population of 1.2 million people.

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