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Editorial
. 2018 Aug;68(673):356-357.
doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X697997.

The National CKD Audit: a primary care condition that deserves more attention

Sally A Hull  1 , Dorothea Nitsch  2 , Ben Caplin  3 , Kathryn Griffith  4 , David C Wheeler  3
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Editorial

The National CKD Audit: a primary care condition that deserves more attention

Sally A Hull et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2018 Aug.
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Comparison of emergency admissions between uncoded and coded patients with biochemical CKD stages 3–5 (using rate ratios). All rates are adjusted by age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
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