Health self-assessment by hemodialysis patients in the Brazilian Unified Health System

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine whether the level of complexity of the services structure and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients in hemodialysis are associated with the prevalence of poor health self-assessment. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 1,621 patie...

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Main Authors: Tiago Ricardo Moreira, Luana Giatti, Cibele Comini Cesar, Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Mariângela Leal Cherchiglia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102016000200209&lng=en&tlng=en