European Kidney Forum 2017 – Improving Patients’ Choice of Treatment

The 2017 European Kidney Forum, in alignment with the launch of the EU funded EDITH pilot project (the “Effect of Differing Kidney Disease Treatment Modalities and Organ Donation and Transplantation Practices on Health Expenditure and Patient Outcomes”), brought about discussions on the importance of patient-centred decision making, the health economic factors behind treatment choice and how to address health inequalities across Europe and improve access to care. This edition of the European Kidney Forum also provided a platform to present the results of EKHA’s multi-country survey, which provides a snapshot of Renal Patient Choice in Europe. MEP Hilde Vautmans opening address highlighted the European Parliament’s role in facilitating and ensuring equality in the availability of treatment options and access to care, regardless of geography.

The 2017 European Kidney Forum took place on the 11th of April in Brussels, hosted by the MEP Group for Kidney Health. This year’s edition focused on the second cluster of EKHA recommendations on sustainable kidney care: Patient Choice of Treatment.

View the Forum summary video on EKHA YouTube channel here.

The event outcome report is available here.