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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