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Argentina Register of Chronic Dialysis 2008

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Registro Argentino de Diálisis Crónica 2008 - Informe 2010
Geography 
Argentina (ARG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2004 - 12/2008
Series or system 
Argentine Register of Chronic Dialysis
Data type
Disease registry:
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

This report, a collaboration between the Argentina Society of Nephrology (SAN) and the Unique Central National Institute Coordinator of Ablation and Implant (INCUCAI), reports on patient data for 2008. These data cover patients receiving any type of dialysis treatment for chronic kidney diseases during 2008. Topics in the report include incidence and prevalence of chronic dialysis across the population of Argentina, etiological causes of kidney disease and mortality of those on dialysis, and facility information and treatment financing. Data on treatment centers for 2008 is reported in Argentine Register of Chronic Dialysis 2007-2008.