Additional research objectives and key research questions:
1\. To determine the proportion of patients who receive information about: pre-emptive transplantation; peritoneal dialysis; home haemodialysis; centre based haemodialysis; supported non-dialytic care or conservative management.
3\. To determine the proportion of incident patients that have a non-English speaking background (NESB) requiring an interpreter or translated materials.
4\. To examine associations between age, gender, health insurance status, NESB, CKD stage and information provided on initial treatment commenced.
5\. To determine the proportion of patients who choose not to dialyse.
