Access to kidney transplantation among patients insured by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2592-2599

  Gill, John S ^a,b,e   Hussain, Syed ^c   Rose, Caren ^a   Hariharan, Sundaram ^c   Tonelli, Marcello ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 34548496883     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2007010050     Document Type: Article

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