title: As number of patients grows, so do critical problems facing MDs who provide dialysis.
abstract: The growth in the number of dialysis patients in Canada is causing a critical shortage of resources. The low transplantation rate and an increase in the number of patients, combined with insufficient funding to expand facilities, threatens access to the expensive but life-sustaining therapy. Michel Martin, who recently underwent a kidney transplant, looks at the situation facing dialysis patients in Quebec and Ontario.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data