Care provided for hemodialysis patients in selected dialysis centres of the Lublin region.

The aim of the study was to answer the questions about the quality of dialysis for the patients treated in the selected dialysis centres of the Lublin region in relation to a quantitative and qualitative breakthrough observed in the field of Polish dialysis therapy in recent years. The study including 288 patients in 7 medium-sized centres used the questionnaire filled in by interviewers. The present paper analyses the patients' answers to the questions about medical care provided in a particular centre. It is difficult to interpret the results explicity since there are no available standards of such management. We believe that this study could be used to define them. Nevertheless, the authors think that medical care for the patients treated in dialysis centres of our region is good, although only the patients' answers were analysed. To evaluate possible changes in the processes mentioned above, it should be worthy to broaden the studies including the remaining centres of our region and to continue them in the future.