Table 1.
Outcome | Data source | Time period for assessment | Analysis |
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Patient experience/barriers and facilitators | Focus groups and survey | Pre- and post-intervention | Descriptive |
Provider experience/barriers and facilitators | Interviews and survey | Pre- and post-intervention | Descriptive |
Clinical outcomes: risk stratification, death, hospitalization, emergency department visits, home dialysis, transplantation | AKDN/ICDC data Alberta renal program data |
Pre- and post-implementation of KFRE tool | Count, time-to-event, or modified Poisson models, as appropriate |
Resource use: physician visits and lab tests | AKDN/ICDC data | Pre- and post-implementation of KFRE tool | Count models |
Process-based quality indicators: albuminuria measure; ACE-I/ARB use and statin use | AKDN/ICDC data | Pre- and post-implementation of KFRE tool | Modified Poisson models |
Costs | AKDN/ICDC data | Pre- and post-implementation of KFRE tool | Detailed costing analyses using administrative health data |
Note. AKDN/ICDC = Alberta Kidney Disease Network/Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration; KFRE = Kidney Failure Risk Equation; ACE-I/ARB = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker.