title: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launches new chronic kidney disease surveillance system website.
abstract: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is substantial and is associated with poor health outcomes including increase hospitalizations and premature deaths, as well as considerable health care cost. In recognition of this mounting public health problem, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their collaborators created a national CKD surveillance system. This commentary introduces the national CKD surveillance system and discusses some of its potential uses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 2500, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Johns
authors.forename: Bernard G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jaar
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D020407:Internet; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012042:Registries; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface
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