Educational Level as a Determinant of Access to and Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation in the United States

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 811-818

  Schaeffner, Elke S ^a   Mehta, Jyotsna ^b   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

patient survival; renal allograft; Socioeconomic status; wait list

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 43049097890     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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