Disadvantaged communities have decreased access to dialysis facilities, according to research

Disadvantaged communities have decreased access to dialysis facilities, according to research

As community disadvantage increases, access to dialysis facilities decreases, according to a research letter published online Feb. 23 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D., from the Department of Defense Management in Monterey, California, and Renee Y. Hsia, M.D., from University of California, San Francisco, examined whether geographic access to dialysis facilities varied by community socioeconomic status.