Chronic Kidney Disease Burden Across EU/EEA Countries: Structural Determinants, Mortality Convergence and Comparison of Global Burden of Disease Estimates with Vital Registration Data
Background and Objectives: Cross-country differences in chronic kidney disease (CKD) burden across Europe, as estimated by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, are often interpreted as reflecting unequal diagnosis, yet this interpretation has rarely been examined against other data sources. This study examined ass...