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Dialysis deserts in the Philippines: a national geospatial modeling study of dialysis services.

Key takeaways

Researchers mapped dialysis centers across the Philippines and measured how far people with kidney failure have to travel to reach one. Centers cluster in cities, so people in rural and island areas are badly underserved, even though the country has favored home-based dialysis since 2014. The study also modeled how much of that gap home dialysis could close. This maps where the gaps are and shows a link between geography and access; it cannot prove the layout itself causes worse health.

Who did this work

Fajardo MS · Macharia PM · Ku GMV

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Sep 7
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42703736/