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National Economy and Policies on End Stage Kidney Care in South Asia and South East Asia
Hemant Mehta, Wasiyeeullah Shaikh, Sanjiv Jasuja, and Gaurav Sagar

The South East Asian region (SEAR) and South Asian countries (SACs) are divided as high and high-middle economies (HEs), low and lower-middle economies (LEs), and countries not classified due to lack of data (1) (Figure 1). The association between kidney disease and economic status is complex and directly affects therapeutic management. A rising burden of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the region, with a high prevalence of smoking (11.8% in India), leads to the inter-related comorbidities for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

South Asia and Southeast Asia regional depiction based on economy