A qualitative examination of barriers and solutions to renal transplantation in Malaysia: Key-informants' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing globally, and renal transplantation (RT) is the preferred renal replacement therapy to treat ESRD. Internationally, there are only a few countries with RT rates above 50 per million population (pmp), while most of the countries have RT rates between 30-40 pmp. The low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) makes up the majority for the RT rates below 20 pmp in which Malaysia belongs to despite its increasing ESRD rates. There is a need to explore the barriers to access RT with targeted solutions to improve the RT rates and service in LMIC. Thus, a qualitative study was undertaken in Malaysia to address this issue.

Method

A qualitative methodological approach was performed between March-May 2018. Semi-structured interview

SUBMITTER: Gan Kim Soon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690507 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature