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Uruguay Dialysis Registry Annual Report 2013-2014

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Registro Uruguayo de Diálisis. Informe Anual 2013-2014
Geography 
Uruguay (URY)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1981 - 12/2014
Series or system 
Uruguay Maria System for Chronic Kidney Diseases and Dialysis Surveillance
Uruguayan Dialysis Registry (RUD)
Data type
Disease registry:
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The Uruguay Dialysis Registry Annual Report 2013-2014 presents information collected through the National Resources Fund, Maria System for 2013-2014. The system collects data from all chronic kidney disease patients in Uruguay including information about their dialysis treatment requests, information on treatment progress and comorbidity, and information specific to hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Data presented in the annual report includes all cases of patients receiving any type of treatment alive at the moment of data collection. Tables in the report are aggregated by year, age, disease and in some cases (incidence) by department.