Geographic inequities in hemodialysis access: a call to reassess dialysis facility locations in Brazil

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Authors

Guilherme Palhares Aversa Santos · Medecell (Brazil)

Ricardo Sesso · Brazilian Society of Speech

Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon · Walmart (United States)

Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves · Universidade de São Paulo

Abner Mácola Pacheco Barbosa · Medecell (Brazil)

Naila Camila da Rocha · Medecell (Brazil)

Luís Gustavo Modelli de Andrade

Abstract

The travel distance to the dialysis facility is an important inequity to KRT access in Brazil. In the South and Southeast, where there is a higher dialysis unit density, patients have greater regional availability of dialysis centers, and shorter traveling distances than in the North, Midwest, and Northeast regions.

Topics & Keywords

Health, Nursing, Elderly Care Public Health in Brazil Global Maternal and Child Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Nephrology

Volume 37, Issue 9, pp. 2601-2608

DOI: 10.1007/s40620-024-02120-5

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