Hemodialysis services: are public policies turned to guaranteeing the access?

• Main Authors: Ana Rita Barbieri (Author), Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves (Author), Maria de Fátima Meinberg Cheade (Author), Cristina Souza (Author), Daniel Henrique Tsuha (Author), Kássio Costa Ferreira (Author), Lucas Rasi (Author), Antonio Conceição Paranhos Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The increasing incidence of chronic renal failure in Brazil and the consequential expansion of hemodialysis as a choice for treatment in final stage have to be taken into account to guarantee access to those in need. The ecological study conducted in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, in 2012, using...