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. 2015 Mar 19;16:31. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0028-2

Table 2.

Data summary for reported registries (n = 48)

Region Registry Name (Common Abbreviation), Year Established Accessibility Patient-level data availability Treatments Outcomes
Asia/Pacific (n = 8) Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), 1963 +++ ++ +++ +++
Hong Kong Renal Registry (HKRR), 1995 + + +++ +++
Korean Renal Registry, 1985 ++ ++ +++ +++
Malaysian National Renal Registry (NRR), 1993 ++ +++ +++ +++
Shanghai Dialysis Registry, 1996 + + ++ +++
Singapore Renal Registry, 2001 +++ ++ +++ +++
Taiwan Renal Registry Data System (TWRDS), 1987 + + +++ +
Thailand Renal Replacement Therapy Registry (TRT), 1997 ++ + +++ +
Europe (n = 23) Austrian Dialysis and Transplant Registry (OEDTR)*, ≤ 1990 ++ + ++ +++
Belgian Society of Nephrology (Dutch-speaking) (NBVN)*, ≤ 1996 ++ ++ +++ +
Catalan Renal Registry (RMRC)*, 1984 ++ + ++ +++
Danish Registry on Regular Dialysis and Transplantation (DNSL)*, 1990 +++ +++ +++ +++
Dutch Renal Registry (RENINE), 1986 ++ + ++ +++
European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), 1963 +++ ++ +++ +++
Finnish Registry for Kidney Diseases*, 1964 +++ +++ +++ +++
French Renal Epidemiology and Information Network (REIN), 2002 ++ + +++ +++
Greek Registry (Hellenic Society of Nephrology)*, 2000 + + + +
Groupement des Nephrologues Francophones de Belgique (GNFB), 1995 ++ + ++ +++
Italian Dialysis and Transplant Registry (RIDT)*, 1996 +++ + ++ +++
Norwegian Renal Registry*, 1994 ++ +++ ++ +++
Peritoneal Dialysis Board Registry (GSDP), ≤ 2001 ++ + +++ +++
Portuguese Society of Nephrology*, 1997 ++ + ++ +++
Romanian Renal Registry (RRR)*, 1993 + ++ ++ +
Russian Registry*, 1998 ++ + +++ +++
Scottish Renal Registry (SRR)*, 1991 +++ +++ +++ +++
Spanish Society of Nephrology Register (Peritoneal Dialysis Registry) (SEN), 1997 ++ + ++ ++
Spanish Society of Nephrology Register (Records of Renal Patients [GRER]), 1997 ++ + +++ +++
Swedish Renal Registry (SNR/SRR)*, 2007 ++ ++ ++ +++
Turkish National Registry (TSNRR)*, 1990 ++ + +++ +++
United Kingdom Renal Registry (UKRR)*, 1997 +++ +++ +++ +++
Valencian Renal Registry*, 1992 +++ ++ +++ +++
Latin/South America (n = 5) Sociedad Argentina de Nefrologia (SAN)/Instituto Nacional Central Unico Coordinator de Ablación e Implante (INCUCAI); 2004 +++ +++ +++ +++
Brazilian Registry of Dialysis (RBD/SBN), 1998 + + ++ +++
Colombia Healthcare Database, ≤ 2008 +++ +++ ++ +
Latin American Dialysis and Transplantation Registry (SLANH/RLDT), 1991 ++ + ++ +
Uruguayan Registry of Dialysis, 1981 +++ +++ +++ +++
Middle East (n = 1) United Arab Emirates Renal Diseases Registry, 1980 + + + +
North America (n = 7) British Columbia Renal Database - Patient Records and Outcome Management Information System (PROMIS), 2003 + +++ ++ +
Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR), 1994 +++ +++ +++ ++
Canadian Pediatric End-Stage Renal Disease Database, ≤ 2010 ++ + + +
Database of the Renal Research Institute (MONDO), 2000 ++ + ++ +
North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS), 1987 transplant only, HD/PD as of 1992 +++ + +++ +++
The Renal Disease Registry (TRDR/ORN), 1981 ++ + +++ +++
US Renal Data System (USRDS), 1988 +++ ++ +++ +++
Multiregional (n = 4) Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS), 1996 +++ ++ ++ ++
French Language Peritoneal Dialysis Registry (RDPLF), ≤ 1995 +++ +++ +++ +++
International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network Registry (IPPN), 2007 + +++ +++ +
International Quotidian Dialysis Registry (IQDR), 2003 ++ + +++ +

*Registry contributes to ERA-EDTA.

Full references to online registry resources are provided in Additional file 2.

Accessibility: +++(Good): Information including annual reports, publications, and aggregate data accessible via website, publicly available records, or with assistance from registry staff; ++(Moderate): Information in local language only or limited publicly available information including on website; with additional searches, basic information may be available in reports or in published research; more information may be accessible via third party collaborators (eg, registry researchers or local academics); +(Limited/unclear): very limited information available publicly or unclear.

Patient-level data: +++Available to external researchers directly or through application and review, may include usage fee; ++Conditional access, eg, via third party collaborators; +Not available to external researchers or access process unclear.

Treatment: +++ Submodality available; ++Modality available but not submodality; +Modality not available or availability unclear.

Outcome data: +++ Mortality/survival and/or hospitalization/complications data available; ++ Mortality/survival or hospitalization/complications not reported; surrogates such as laboratory result data reported; +No reported outcomes or surrogate data or availability unclear.