Dialysis funding, eligibility, procurement, and protocols in low- and middle-income settings: results from the International Society of Nephrology collection survey
Valerie A. Luyckx , Brendan Smyth , David C.H. Harris , Roberto Pecoits-Filho
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Abstract
Dialysis provisions and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) care represents an important challenge, particularly in low-resource settings. The purpose of this project was to survey nephrologists from low- and lower middle-income countries about their experiences in the following domains: (i) Dialysis funding and eligibility; (ii) dialysis-procurement mechanisms; (iii) clinical protocols for dialysis; (iv) monitoring of dialysis outcomes; and (v) barriers to care for ESKD. One hundred and twenty responses from 31 low- and middle-income countries, from 8 ISN regions, were included in the analysis. When stratified by World Bank country income status, responses were received from 7 low-income countries, 12 lower middle-income countries, and 12 upper middle-income countries. Eighty-eight documents from 18 countries were uploaded, including country or institutional guidelines, protocols, and standard operating procedures. The International Society of Nephrology aims to develop a set of guidance documents that put forward a considered approach to dialysis provisions and ESKD care within resource limitations. As an initial step in this project, local practitioners from low-resource settings were surveyed about their experiences with dialysis funding, eligibility, procurement and their use of guidance documents, and how practices and procedures may have been developed with adaptations to the local circumstances. In this manuscript we describe the methodology and the main findings from the survey using an integrated quantitative and qualitative approach.
期刊介绍:
Kidney International Supplements is published on behalf of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and comes complimentary as part of a subscription to Kidney International. Kidney International Supplements is a peer-reviewed journal whose focus is sponsored, topical content of interest to the nephrology community.