Estudio de factibilidad para la creación de un Centro de Diálisis en la ciudad de Quevedo.

Abstract

The World Health Organization and the Latin American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (SLANH) are the agencies in charge of preventing chronic kidney disease and improving access to their treatment. Chronic kidney disease affects 10% of the world population. In Latin America there is an average of 613 patients per million population had access in 2011 to one of the treatment alternatives for replacing the function that your kidneys can no longer perform: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation. However, the distribution of these services is very unequal, and in some countries the figure was less than 200. The purpose of this research is to conduct a feasibility study for setting up a dialysis center in the city of Quevedo. To do this, a convenience sampling was used due to the ease of conducting surveys to patients who are dialyzed in health centers. 137 surveys were conducted. In addition, an economic and financial study was carried out, the costs and operating expenses of the project were determined and an economic evaluation of the project was carried out from a management point, analyzing the two basic indicators such as the TIR and the VAN. Based on the results of this study, it was determined that if a Dialysis Center is feasible in the city of Quevedo due to its cost / benefit ratio, a plan for its creation is proposed.