Can focusing on self-care reduce disparities in kidney transplantation outcomes?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 935-940

  Gordon, Elisa J ^a   Prohaska, Thomas ^b   Siminoff, Laura A ^c   Minich, Peter J ^d   Sehgal, Ashwini R ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HCA Physician Leadership Initiative   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944493845     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.02.011     Document Type: Editorial

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