The Executive Order on Kidney Care: An Opportunity to Improve Outcomes for Individuals With Kidney Disease
Year: 2019
Type: editorial
Abstract: On July 10, 2019, President Trump and the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative (Table 1). This executive order outlines 3 principal goals and 7 objectives (Table 2). These goals and objectives are comprehensive and well conceived, and if acted upon, they would do much to reduce the tremendous health burdens and costs associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States. These goals are accompanied by ambitious specific targets, including a 25% reduction in the number of Americans who develop ESRD by 2030, initiation of home dialysis or transplantation for 80% of new patients with ESRD by 2025, and doubling the number of kidneys available for transplantation by 2030.
Source: Kidney International Reports
Authors: Jeffrey Pearson, Marc Turenne, Alan Leichtman
Language: English
Subfield: Nephrology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,625
OpenAlex ID: W2974543251