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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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Autores principales: Kashima, Saori, Matsumoto, Masatoshi, Ogawa, Takahiko, Eboshida, Akira, Takeuchi, Keisuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047753