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Starting Dialysis at the Appropriate Stage of Kidney Disease – Indicator Methodology

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Topic Description
Indicator Proportion of incident chronic dialysis patients with deferred dialysis start
Reporting Frequency Quarterly
Directionality Higher is better
Denominator Patient Cohort:

Patients who initiated chronic dialysis

Exclusions:
  • Patients younger than 18 years old
  • Patients who recovered kidney function within 30 days after dialysis initiation
  • Patients with fewer than 90 days from first seen by nephrologist to dialysis initiation
Numerator Subset of Denominator:

Patients whose eGFR (CKD-EPI) at the initiation of chronic dialysis was at or below 9.5 ml per min per 1.73 m2
Data Source(s) Ontario Renal Reporting System
Considerations The reported proportions, denominators and numerators are calculated using cumulative data from the last 4 quarters.

Initials and Acronyms Used on This Page

CKD-EPI – chronic kidney disease-epidemiology collaboration equation

eGFR – estimated glomerular filtration rate

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