Editing Kidney dialysis (section)

=== Australia ===
Dialysis is provided without cost to all patients through [[Medicare (Australia)|Medicare]], with 75% of all dialysis being administered as haemodialysis to patients three times per week in a dialysis facility.<ref name="pmid35372853">{{cite journal | vauthors = Damasiewicz MJ, Polkinghorne KR | title = Global Dialysis Perspective: Australia | journal = Kidney360 | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 48–51 | date = January 2020 | pmid = 35372853 | pmc = 8808481 | doi = 10.34067/KID.0000112019 }}</ref> The [[Northern Territory]] has the highest incidence rate per population of haemodialysis,<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Holwell A, Sajiv C, Barzi F, Brady S, Hughes JT |title=Rapid progression of chronic kidney disease in five years prior to haemodialysis initiation in Central Australia |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.714479726655614 |journal=Renal Society of Australasia Journal |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=5–8 }}</ref> with [[Indigenous Australians]] having higher rates of Chronic Kidney Disease and lower rates of functional [[Kidney transplantation|kidney transplants]] than the broader population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Summary |url=https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease-indigenous-australians/summary |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |date=16 September 2011 |language=en-AU}}</ref> The remote [[Central Australia|Central Australian]] town of [[Alice Springs]], despite having a population of approximately 25000, has the largest dialysis unit in the [[Southern Hemisphere]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renal disease in the centre - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/07/18/1689790.htm |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> Many people must move to Alice Springs from remote Indigenous communities to access health services such as haemodialysis, which results in housing shortages, overcrowding, and poor living conditions.<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Davidson H |date=2015-02-23 |title=Dialysis patient forced to sleep rough in Alice Springs as funding cuts bite |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/23/dialysis-patient-forced-to-sleep-rough-in-alice-springs-as-funding-cuts-bite |access-date=2023-04-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>