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Clinical Pharmacy Services among Veterans with Chronic Kidney Disease: Associations with Rural Residence and Primary Care Setting.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This large study looked at 699,273 veterans with kidney disease. It checked who got help from a clinical pharmacist. It found that about 18% of urban veterans and 17% of rural veterans got this help. It shows a link between location and care, but not proof of cause.

Who did this work

Brown SC · Lund BC · Shi Q · Good MK · Dahlke ME · Christ HA · Jalal DI · Yamada M

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD severity and reversal · 2026 Sep 28
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42803266/