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. 2020 Feb 4;1(3):216-219.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0000642019. eCollection 2020 Mar 26.

Global Dialysis Perspective: Brazil

Ricardo Sesso  1 , Jocemir R Lugon  2
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Global Dialysis Perspective: Brazil

Ricardo Sesso et al. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Brazil; Chronic Kidney Disease; Dialysis; Health Services Accessibility; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Public Health; Socioeconomic Factors; chronic kidney disease; dialysis; epidemiology.

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Conflict of interest statement

J. Lugon and R. Sesso have nothing to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Number of patients and prevalence rates of dialysis treatment in Brazil by year from 2000 to 2018. pmp, per million population.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Geographic variation in the prevalence rate of dialysis treatment (per million population) by state in Brazil in 2018. AC, Acre; AL, Alagoas; AP, Amapá; AM, Amazonas; BA, Bahia; CE, Ceará; DF, Distrito Federal; ES, Espírito Santo; GO, Goiás; MA, Maranhão; MG, Minas Gerais; MS, Mato Grosso do Sul; MT, Mato Grosso; PA, Pará; PB, Paraíba; PE, Pernambuco; PI, Piauí; PR, Paraná; RJ, Rio de Janeiro; RN, Rio Grande do Norte; RO, Rondônia; RR, Roraima; RS, Rio Grande do Sul; SC, Santa Catarina; SE, Sergipe; SP, São Paulo; TO, Tocantins.
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