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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of people on Medicare with chronic kidney disease who get recommended tests — CKD‑04 Data

Most Recent Data:
38.9 percent (2021)

Target:
49.5 percent 

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
36.6 percent of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and over with chronic kidney disease received medical evaluation with serum creatinine, lipids, and urine albumin tests in 2016 

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Persons with chronic kidney disease receiving medical evaluation, 2016-2021 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total
36.6
CI 36.4 / 36.9
SE 0.123
37.1
CI 36.9 / 37.4
SE 0.121
37.2
CI 37.0 / 37.4
SE 0.118
37.8
CI 37.6 / 38.0
SE 0.116
36.9
CI 36.7 / 37.2
SE 0.118
38.9
CI 38.7 / 39.2
SE 0.118