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- The study examined travel-times for haemodialysis patients in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region from 1995 to 2008, alongside health care reforms related to haemodialysis.
- Data showed an increase in the number of haemodialysis patients from 1,807 in 1995 to 3,141 in 2008, with average travel-time decreasing significantly from 18.2 minutes to 15 minutes.
- The findings indicate that improved health care provisions have enhanced patient accessibility through a reduction in travel-times and an increase in dialysis facilities.
Article Abstract
Objective: We analysed the trend of travel-times for haemodialysis patients in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region between 1995 and 2008 in relation with the reforms concerning the health care provision of haemodialysis.
Methods: We conducted this study using data from three cross sectional surveys for 1995, 1999 and 2002, including all dialysis patients, and from the Renal Epidemiology and Information Network register for 2008. The data focuses on sociodemographic, medical characteristics and travel-times for haemodialysis patients.
Results: The number of haemodialysis patients increased from 1807 patients in 1995 to 3141 in 2008. The travel-time has decreased steadily between 1995 and 2008 (18.2 min versus 15, P<0.0001). The number of patients with a travel-time more than 45 min decreased from 7.2 to 3.5% between 1995 and 2008. The number of dialysis facilities has increased steadily between 1995 and 2008.
Conclusion: The favorable trend in the health care provision has resulted in an improvement of accessibility by reducing travel-times.
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