Did you know...?

Since 2002, BCPRA and the health authority renal programs have:

• Increased the number of dialysis chairs province-wide by 25 percent
• Quadrupled the number of patients being treated through CKD clinics

Number of kidney patients by treatment mode	July 2002	July 2007	Average % increase per year
CKD 3-5 Non-dialysis: Kidney care clincis/MD offices	2,356	8,106	28%
Hospital-based HD	915	1,096	4%
Community-unit HD	478	690	8%
Home-based HD	20	131	65%
PD	527	645	4%

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