| Title |
When Health Systems Are Barriers to Health Care: Challenges Faced by Uninsured Mexican Kidney Patients
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0054380 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ciara Kierans, Cesar Padilla-Altamira, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Margarita Ibarra-Hernandez, Francisco J. Mercado |
| Abstract |
Chronic Kidney Disease disproportionately affects the poor in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Mexico exemplifies the difficulties faced in supporting Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) and providing equitable patient care, despite recent attempts at health reform. The objective of this study is to document the challenges faced by uninsured, poor Mexican families when attempting to access RRT. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 33% |
| Mexico | 4 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 83% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 126 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 13% |
| Researcher | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 30 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 16% |
| Psychology | 10 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 9 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 19% |
| Unknown | 32 | 25% |