Rates of solid-organ wait-listing, transplantation, and survival among residents of rural and urban areas

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-207

  Axelrod, David A ^a,f   Guidinger, Mary K ^b   Finlayson, Samuel ^a   Schaubel, Douglas E ^c   Goodman, David C ^a,e   Chobanian, Michael ^a   Merion, Robert M ^b,d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38049181577     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2007.50     Document Type: Article

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