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Hemodialysis Machine in a Dialysis Facility Photo courtesy of KFH Group. Start at the Beginning -- What Is Dialysis?
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Photo courtesy of KFH Group. Dialysis can be performed at a patient's home, but this is not common.
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Photo courtesy of KFH Group. of urban transit agencies reported that dialysis trips are, at a minimum, 10% or more of all specialized trips.
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• Changing treatment days and times. Transit agencies must deal with dialysis riders' changing treatment days and times.
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Entrance to Dialysis Clinic Photo courtesy of KFH Group. facility closest to where the patients live.
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While a focus has been public transportation given the project's sponsor, the project has speci�ically included the healthcare perspective -- with information from medical literature, survey data from dialysis patients and nephrology social workers, and research on initiatives on the healthcare side that directly or indirectly may address concerns with dialysis transportation. It is important to state that public transportation providers recognize that dialysis trips are critical and life-sustaining for their riders.
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serve as riders or passengers or customers and sometime clients. But the healthcare industry knows these individuals as patients.
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What Is In This Report? Following this introductory chapter, the report contains �ive additional chapters.
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