| Theme | World Wide Current Trend of Dialysis Therapy | |
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| Title | Dialysis situation in foreign countries -- Republic of China | |
| Publish Date | 1997/06 | |
| Author | Dialysis Surveillance Group, The Department of Health Executive Yuan, Republic of China | Dialysis Surveillance Group, The Department of Health Executive Yuan, Republic of China |
| [ Summary ] | Dialysis Surveillance Group, The Department of Health Executive Yuan, Republic of China The prosperous economic growth of the Republic of China (ROC) has resulted in an expansion of the insurance support system against sickness in the most recent 15 year period. This has led to a rapid increase in the dialyzing population and in hospitals. Consequently, many problems associated with dialysis cropped up. The collaborative efforts were undertaken by the Department of Health, Executive Yuan, the Society of Nephrology, ROC and all dialysis units in Taiwan in order to improve the situation. These efforts included a dialysis registry, regulation of dialysis units, on-the-spot surveillance of each dialysis center, and training courses for dialysis therapy. These efforts in the ROC have yielded fruitful results of dialysis therapy, which are comparable to those of developed countries, over the past 10 years. However, there are still many problems that have to be faced and to be improved in uremic patients. |
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