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Impact of a health system’s population health implementation of Medicare’s “Kidney Care First” program: a retrospective cohort study

Key takeaways

This study looked at how health system programs affect kidney care. It found no-clear link between program implementation and kidney outcomes.

Who did this work

William B. Turner (University of California, Los Angeles) · Manying Cui (University of California, Los Angeles) · Carlos Irwin A. Oronce (University of California, Los Angeles) · Chad Villaflores (University of California, Los Angeles) · Samuel A. Skootsky (University of California, Los Angeles) · Sarah Meshkat (UCLA Health) · Richard K. Leuchter (University of California, Los Angeles) · Catherine A. Sarkisian (University of California, Los Angeles) · John N. Mafi (RAND Corporation)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-17
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-15323-2