The expanding role of "Stand-Alone" hemodialysis units in chronic renal replacement therapy: A descriptive study from North Kerala

• Main Authors: Benil Hafeeq (Author), Jyotish Chalil Gopinathan (Author), Feroz Aziz (Author), Sajith Narayanan (Author), Idrees Velikkalagath (Author), Ismail Naduvileparambil Aboobacker (Author), N A Uvais (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Renal replacement therapy in India is predominantly a private health-care-driven initiative making it an expensive treatment option due to high out-of-pocket expenditures. Moreover, with the rapid increase in the number of chronic kidney disease patients requiring dialysis, hemodialysis units (HDUs)...