Impact of National Economy and Policies on End-Stage Kidney Care in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Suceena AlexanderSanjiv JasujaMaurizio GallieniManisha SahayDevender S RanaVivekananda JhaShalini VermaRaja RamachandranVinant BhargavaGaurav SagarAnupam BahlMamun MostafiJayakrishnan K PisharamSydney Chi-Wai TangChakko JacobAtma GunawanGoh B LeongKhin T ThwinRajendra K AgrawalKriengsak VareesangthipRoberto TanchancoLina H L ChoongChula HerathChih C LinNguyen T CuongHa P HaianSyed F AkhtarAli AlSahowMohan M RajapurkarVijay KherHemant MehtaAnil K BhallaUmesh B KhannaDeepak S RaySonika PuriHimanshu JainAida LydiaTushar VachharajaniPublished in: International journal of nephrology (2021)
Economic disparity in SA and SEA is reflected by poor dialysis infrastructure and penetration, inadequate manpower, higher OOPE, higher dialysis dropout rates, and lesser renal transplantations in LE countries. Utility of RRT can be improved by state funding and better insurance coverage.