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Table 6 Overview of dialysis in Bhutan (2016–2019)

From: Present status of renal replacement therapy in lower-middle-income Asian countries: Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Bhutan as of June 2019 (before COVID-19), from the interviews of leading doctors in every country: (duplicated English publication from “the special Japanese edition of educational lectures in the 64th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy”)

Health insurance coverage:

The government bears 100% of medical costs

Cost per HD session:

30 USD

Times of dialyzer reuse:

3

Length of dialysis session:

4 h

Number of dialysis sessions per week:

2

Number of HD patients:

150 (in 2016)

Number of CAPD patients:

0(not performed in 2019)