Does receipt of 5As services have implications for patients' satisfaction in India?
Incorporating 5As interventions in the delivery of primary care would likely increase patients' satisfaction with physicians' delivered counseling services. Patients' recommendation of counseling services will aid in demand generation for cessation services in primary care.
In this indigent population, follow-up does not influence maturation rates of AVF. Despite poor compliance with follow-up in the setting of a public hospital, the maturation rate of an aggressive fistula-first approach is acceptable.