The effect of patients' preferences on racial differences in access to renal transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 1661-1669

  Ayanian, John Z ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^b   Weissman, Joel S ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALES; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MALES; MARYLAND; MICHIGAN; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033604594     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199911253412206     Document Type: Article

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