Chronic end-stage kidney failure in Mexico

Chronic renal failure is an expanding and complex problem in Mexico. This work analyzes its current situation and finds a clear imbalance between supply and demand for specialized services, that favors the latter. To explain said imbalance, it invokes four factors: the recent innovation in nephrolog...

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Published inGaceta médica de México Vol. 131; no. 4; p. 459
Main Authors Hernández-Llamas, G, Espinoza-Vázquez, B, Exaire-Murad, E, Bordes-Aznar, J, Dib-Kuri, A, Tamayo y Orozco, J A
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Mexico 01.07.1995
Subjects
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Mexico
Renal Dialysis
Mexico
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Summary:Chronic renal failure is an expanding and complex problem in Mexico. This work analyzes its current situation and finds a clear imbalance between supply and demand for specialized services, that favors the latter. To explain said imbalance, it invokes four factors: the recent innovation in nephrology and parallel disciplines; educational deficit of medical schools; high costs of rehabilitation of the uremic patient, and the absence of specifically designed mechanisms for financing the treatment of this disease.
ISSN:0016-3813