ArticleRevista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology2024
Spatial analysis of care for patients undergoing dialysis therapy in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 2015 and 2019.
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- Geographical Distribution of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Hemodialysis Care in Northwest Iran: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- [Analysis of the performance of dialysis centers in referring and enrolling patients into the pre-kidney transplant waiting list in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2015 to 2019].Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze the spatial flow of care for patients undergoing dialysis therapy in the health regions of the State of Minas Gerais.
methodsEcological study whose population was patients undergoing dialysis therapy in public, philanthropic institutions or whose treatment was paid for by the Unified Health System in private clinics in partnership, in the State of Minas Gerais. Patients were grouped by health region of residence. The proportions of patients who underwent dialysis were calculated, as well as enrollment on the kidney transplant list in their own region of residence or outside it. Person correlations of these proportions with socioeconomic and care indicators of the health regions were estimated. Spatial exploratory techniques estimated general (Moran's I) and local (LISA) spatial correlation coefficients.
resultsRegions with higher GDP had a higher number of nephrologists and a higher proportion of registrations in the region of residence. A cluster of regions with low GDP was identified further to the northeast of the State (also with lower nephrologist ratio values), a cluster with a high proportion of those registered on the transplant list in the center of the State, and a cluster with a low proportion of dialysis in the same region of residence further southeast.
conclusionRegional disparities were evident in relation to the proportion of patients registered on the waiting list for kidney transplantation, the proportion of patients undergoing dialysis in the same region of residence and the proportion of patients registered on the waiting list for kidney transplantation in the same region of residence. residence.
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