title: ESRD Databases, Public Policy, and Quality of Care: Translational Medicine and Nephrology.
abstract: Efforts to improve care of patients with ESRD and the policies that guide those activities depend on evidence-based best practices derived from clinical trials and carefully conducted observational studies. Our review describes this process in the context of the translational research model (bench to bedside to populations), with a particular emphasis on bedside care. We illustrate some of its accomplishments and describe the limitations of the data and evidence supporting policy and practice.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Epidemiology and.|Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and.
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: McClellan
authors.affiliation: Departments of Epidemiology and.|Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and.
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Plantinga
authors.affiliation: Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Wilk
authors.affiliation: Departments of Epidemiology and.|Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Rachel E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Patzer
mesh_terms: D000068598:Data Accuracy; D019992:Databases as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D006278:Medicare; D009398:Nephrology; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic; D011050:Policy Making; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical; D014481:United States
keywords: Chronic; Epidemiology and outcomes; Humans; Kidney Failure; Medical Research; Public Policy; Quality improvement; Renal Insufficiency; Translational; Translational epidemiology; guidelines; nephrology; policy; surveillance