Health Outcomes
In partnership with the National Kidney Foundation, CDC is finishing a screening
demonstration project for early detection of CKD in high-risk populations in four
states. The program called CKD Health Evaluation and Risk Information Sharing
(CHERISH) was designed to identify individuals at high risk for CKD, find out about
the participant’s access to follow-up care, and examine the course of disease in
those with CKD.
Working with partners, CDC is using national datasets like NHANES and the United
States Renal Data System to investigate the epidemiology of CKD in the general
and in special populations; for example, deaths among people with CKD and the
rate of new cases of kidney failure among people with diabetes, among other
topics. In addition, CDC collaborates with the Veterans Administration to examine
the natural history and health outcomes of CKD in this population.