Medical and non-medical determinants of access to renal transplant waiting list in a French community-based network of care

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2900-2907

  Bayat, Sahar ^a   Frimat, Luc ^a,b   Thilly, Nathalie ^a   Loos, Carole ^a   Briançon, Serge ^a   Kessler, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Access to waiting list; Kidney transplant; Network of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33749605139     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl329     Document Type: Article

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