Barriers to access by Indigenous Australians to kidney transplantation: The IMPAKT study

Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Cass, Alan ^a,b   Devitt, Jeannie ^b   Preece, Cilla ^a   Cunningham, Joan ^b,c   Anderson, Kate ^a   Snelling, Paul ^d   Eris, Josette ^d   Ayanian, John ^e,f  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australians; Access; End stage kidney disease; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 12344314075     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2004.00352.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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