"This increase is in keeping with a worldwide trend," Yang says. He points out that the aging of populations and the rise in the survival rates of dialysis patients are indicators of the progress of modern medicine. However, because of these advances, countries around the world are confronted with the enormous expense associated with dialysis.
「這是全世界的趨勢，」楊五常指出，人口老化、洗腎病人存活率提升是現代醫療進步的指標，但也因此，世界各國都在為洗腎的龐大支出而傷透腦筋。