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ReviewNature reviews. Nephrology2023

Inequities in kidney health and kidney care.

Raymond Vanholder, Lieven Annemans, Marion Braks, Edwina A Brown, Priya Pais, Tanjala S Purnell, Simon Sawhney, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Bénédicte Stengel, Elliot K Tannor and 3 more

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Review in Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Kidney health for all: Caring for people, protecting the planet.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026
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  19. How to Leverage Implementation Science to Achieve Equity in Nephrology Care Delivery.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Raymond VanholderEuropean Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium. Raymond.vanholder@ugent.be.ORCID 0000-0003-2633-1636
Lieven AnnemansFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Marion BraksEuropean Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium.
Edwina A BrownImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Imperial College Renal and Transplant Center, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4453-6486
Priya PaisDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, St John's Medical College, Bengaluru, India.
Tanjala S PurnellDepartments of Epidemiology and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Simon SawhneyAberdeen Centre for Health Data Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7960-4573
Nicole Scholes-RobertsonRural and Remote Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8260-0453
Bénédicte StengelClinical Epidemiology Team, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Villejuif, France.
Elliot K TannorDepartment of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-5978-0510
Vladimir TesarDepartment of Nephrology, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6982-0689
Arjan van der TolNephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Valérie A LuyckxRenal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health inequity refers to the existence of unnecessary and unfair differences in the ability of an individual or community to achieve optimal health and access appropriate care. Kidney diseases, including acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease, are the epitome of health inequity. Kidney disease risk and outcomes are strongly associated with inequities that occur across the entire clinical course of disease. Insufficient investment across the spectrum of kidney health and kidney care is a fundamental source of inequity. In addition, social and structural inequities, including inequities in access to primary health care, education and preventative strategies, are major risk factors for, and contribute to, poorer outcomes for individuals living with kidney diseases. Access to affordable kidney care is also highly inequitable, resulting in financial hardship and catastrophic health expenditure for the most vulnerable. Solutions to these injustices require leadership and political will. The nephrology community has an important role in advocacy and in identifying and implementing solutions to dismantle inequities that affect kidney health.

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Health Services AccessibilityKidney DiseasesHealth ExpendituresHumansKidney

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