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  • Nephrology
  • Public Health
  • Healthcare Systems

Background:

  • Millions of patients have advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 4 and 5, often managed for comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension.
  • Many patients with advanced CKD lack consistent nephrology care, highlighting a gap in referral pathways.
  • Current arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation rates before dialysis initiation are suboptimal, even among patients with existing nephrology care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify system-level changes needed to improve nephrology referral for advanced CKD patients.
  • To increase the rate of timely AVF placement prior to dialysis initiation.
  • To establish nephrologists as leaders in driving system improvements for CKD patient care.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of current patient encounters and healthcare system interactions for advanced CKD.
  • Proposal of system-level triggers for nephrology referral.
  • Evaluation of the impact of system changes on AVF creation rates.

Main Results:

  • Implementing system-level referral triggers can increase nephrology care access for advanced CKD patients.
  • A 25% incident AVF rate is observed, even with pre-dialysis nephrology care.
  • System changes can realistically double the incident AVF rate to 50%, leading to a 66% prevalent AVF rate.

Conclusions:

  • System-level interventions are crucial for optimizing nephrology referrals and AVF placement in advanced CKD.
  • Nephrologists can lead initiatives to improve AVF rates through effective system change.
  • Achieving higher AVF rates is attainable and essential for better patient outcomes before dialysis.