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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of people on Medicare who get follow-up care 3 months after kidney injury — CKD‑03

Status: Improving

  
Improving
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Most Recent Data:
12.3 percent (2021)

Target:
16.4 percent 1

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
10.3 percent of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and over who incurred acute kidney injury had a follow-up evaluation of their kidney function within 3 months post discharge in 2016 2

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Increase the proportion of Medicare beneficiaries who have a follow-up evaluation of their kidney function 3 months after a hospitalization with acute kidney injury

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Data Source:  United States Renal Data System (USRDS), NIH/NIDDK

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Summary

People with acute kidney injury are at risk for developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). And if people with CKD develop acute kidney injury, their CKD is likely to get worse. Evidence suggests that patients who develop acute kidney injury while hospitalized are at risk for developing end-stage kidney disease.

Topics:  Chronic Kidney Disease, Health Care, Hospital and Emergency Services

Workgroup: Chronic Kidney Disease Workgroup

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1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.