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. 2019 Feb 18;12(2):160–166. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfy128

Table 1.

World Bank country group chronic kidney disease gaps

CKD care Low-income countries (%) Lower-middle-income countries (%) Upper middle-income countries (%) High-income countries (%)
Governmental recognition of CKD as a health priority 59 50 17 29
Government funds all aspects of CKD care 13 21 40 53
Availability of CKD management and referral guidelines (international, national, or regional) 46 73 83 97
Existence of current CKD detection programs 6 24 24 32
Availability of dialysis registries 24 48 72 89
Availability of academic centers for renal clinical trial management 12 34 62 63

Data from Bello et al. [4].