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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) constitutes a public health problem whose prevalence and incidence are increasing worldwide, aggravated by the shortage of specialists that reaches critical levels in developing countries. Telenephrology (TN) for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been proposed as a strategy to address the growing demand for timely access to a nephrologist and reduce waiting lists for the specialty. The objective of this study is to evaluate the health impact of a public TN strategy in the national health network implemented in Chile since 2018.
Martin et al. (Mon,) studied this question.