Table 1 Definition of 'Inappropriate therapeutic care' and percentage of patients being managed appropriately by therapeutic aspect evaluated (n = 420 included) [10]

Mean BP^a >130/80 mmHg without prescription of an antihypertensive agent

72.4

Mean proteinuria >0.5 g/dl without prescription of a renin-angiotensin system inhibitor

Hemoglobin <11 g/dl in two successive readings without prescription of an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent

Erythropoiesis-stimulating therapy without prescription of iron

56.2

Or

Mean serum ferritin <100 ng/ml without prescription of iron (in patients not given erythropoiesis-stimulating therapy)

Mean serum calcium <10.2 mg/dl without prescription of calcium

16.7

Mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D <30 ng/ml without prescription of ergocalciferol

Or

Mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D >30 ng/ml and hyperparathyroidism without prescription of alfacalcidol

Mean serum bicarbonates <23 mEq/l without prescription of bicarbonate

60.2

Mean fasting total cholesterol >201 mg/dl or mean triglycerides >150.5 mg/dl without prescription of a lipid-lowering therapy

61.4