Annual Dialysis Data Report 2016, JSDT Renal Data Registry

The annual survey of The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy Renal Data Registry (JRDR) was conducted for 4396 dialysis facilities at the end of 2016, among which 4336 facilities (98.6%) responded. The response rate of the 2016 survey was comparable with the past, even though it was the second year after the new anonymization method. The number of chronic dialysis patients in Japan continues to increase every year; it has reached 329,609 at...