Global variation in kidney care: national and regional differences in the care and management of patients with kidney failure

Aminu K Bello¹, Ikechi G Okpechi^{2

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7}, David C H Harris⁸, Adeera Levin⁹, David W Johnson^{10

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales (UNSW), New Delhi, India.
⁶ School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁷ Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
⁸ Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
⁹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Nephrology, Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹¹ Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹² Translation Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Editorial

Aminu K Bello et al. Kidney Int Suppl (2011). 2021 May.

. 2021 May;11(2):e1-e3.

doi: 10.1016/j.kisu.2020.11.003. Epub 2021 Apr 12.

Aminu K Bello¹, Ikechi G Okpechi^{2

3

4}, Vivekanand Jha^{5

6

7}, David C H Harris⁸, Adeera Levin⁹, David W Johnson^{10

11

12}

¹ Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales (UNSW), New Delhi, India.
⁶ School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁷ Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
⁸ Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
⁹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Nephrology, Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services (MINTS), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹¹ Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹² Translation Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

No abstract available

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