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Epilogue

Scaling-Up Kidney Care from One Individual to a Whole Population

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Abstract

In this chapter we explain:

  • How one patient’s experience changed a doctor’s practice

  • How to organise a community-wide kidney disease system

  • How it is possible to reduce the prevalence of end-stage kidney failure

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  1. Rayner HC, Hollingworth L, Higgins R, Dodds S. Systematic kidney disease management in a population with diabetes mellitus: turning the tide of kidney failure. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000061. http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/20/10/903.abstract.

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  1. Department of Renal Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    Hugh Rayner & Mark Thomas

  2. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    David Milford

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Rayner, H., Thomas, M., Milford, D. (2016). Epilogue. In: Understanding Kidney Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23458-8_19

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