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Poland is a European Community country with a population of almost 39 million people. The main reasons for chronic kidney disease are diabetes, glomerulopathies, and hypertension. Kidney biopsies with full screening for primary and secondary kidney diseases are offered by academic centers and main hospitals. The Polish Society of Nephrology gathers 1100 nephrologists and supports research within the nephrology field. There are about 21,000 patients on dialysis, among them 1000 on peritoneal dialysis. There are public and non-public dialysis centres, both are fully reimbursed by the National Health Fund, offering dialysis to all patients in need. There is an active kidney transplantation program with about 1000 transplants performed per year. The level of funding is currently a major Polish healthcare challenge, and efforts are being made to introduce a program of an integrated care in nephrology that will bring together all levels of renal care in a single centre with bundle payment covering all renal services.

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  1. Department of Nephrology Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

    Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko & Alicja Dębska-Ślizień

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw and Polish Transplant Coordinating Center Poltransplant, Warsaw, Poland

    Jarosław Czerwiński

  3. Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland

    Ryszard Gellert

  4. Department of Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation & Hypertension, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

    Ryszard Grenda

  5. Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

    Jolanta Małyszko

  6. 1st Department of Nephrology and Transplantation with Dialysis Unit, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland

    Beata Naumnik

  7. Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Medical University of Łódź, Central University Hospital, Łódź, Poland

    Michał Nowicki

  8. Department of the History of Medicine, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Ostrowski

  9. Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    Andrzej Więcek

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  2. Division of Renal Medicine, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden

    José Carolino Divino-Filho

  3. DIMED - University of Padova, Department Nephrology Dialysis & Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

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Lichodziejewska-Niemierko, M. et al. (2021). Nephrology in Poland. In: Moura-Neto, J.A., Divino-Filho, J.C., Ronco, C. (eds) Nephrology Worldwide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56890-0_44

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