On the one hand, economic obstacles had been removed, allowing patients who would not otherwise have been able to afford dialysis to receive the treatment, and bringing the once-hidden population of dialysis patients out into the open. On the other hand, an increase in the quality of dialysis and rise in survival rates led to an ever-increasing number of such patients.
一方面經濟障礙破除，使得過去付不起洗腎費用的病患得以接受治療，將過去隱藏的洗腎人口檯面化；另一方面，洗腎品質提升，存活率增加，也使得洗腎的人口越來越多。