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## Objective: To describe utilization of preventive health care measures in patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd), both in the year prior to onset of renal replacement therapy (rrt), and in the first year of rrt. ## Methods: We identified a large cohort of patients with ckd in the new jersey medicaid and medicare programs with fixed enrollment into the cohort at 1 year prior to rrt. we applied commonly used quality assurance instruments (health plan employer data and information set measures) and defined levels and correlates of use of preventive care measures before and after rrt. these included mammography, pap smear testing, prostate cancer screening, diabetic eye exams, and glycosylated hemoglobin testing (hba1c). we employed logistic regression models with adjustment for age, race, gender, comorbidity, timing of first nephrologist contact, socioeconomic status, and calendar year of first rrt. ## Results: Overall, screening rates were low with the exception of diabetic eye exams. prostate cancer screening, diabetic eye exams, and hba1c testing were performed less often after onset of rrt compared to the year before (p < .05). although screening rates before rrt improved co

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Author

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer; William Owen; Robert J. Glynn; Raisa Levin; Jerry Avorn

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0884-8734)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)