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General description

The United States Renal Data System (USRDS) is a nationwide data collection, analysis, and distribution system for chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States.

Variable categories

Limitations

• Lack of continuous validation of its methods.
• Lack of complete comorbidity and laboratory data at registration and an initial survival bias.
• Lack of accuracy of cause-of-death reporting.

Related publications

• Outcomes of infants receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis: an analysis of the USRDS registry.
• Mortality rates among prevalent hemodialysis patients in Beijing: a comparison with USRDS data.
• Methodological considerations in comparing access to Pre-emptive renal transplantation between SLE and other ESRD causes in the USRDS.
• Exploring the effect of erythropoietin on mortality using USRDS data.
• Using USRDS generated hospitalization tables to compare local dialysis patient hospitalization rates to national rates.

Data Access

Access to all files requires registration and sensitive and restricted files require an additional application.

• Simple Data Requests
• Standard Analysis Files
• Merged Data Requests