The impact of travel time on geographic distribution of dialysis patients.

BACKGROUNDS: The geographic disparity of prevalence rates among dialysis patients is unclear. We evaluate the association between travel time to dialysis facilities and prevalence rates of dialysis patients living in 1,867 census areas of Hiroshima, Japan. Furthermore, we study the effects of geogra...

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Main Authors: Saori Kashima, Masatoshi Matsumoto, Takahiko Ogawa, Akira Eboshida, Keisuke Takeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3474791?pdf=render