Health literacy and access to kidney transplantation

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Grubbs, Vanessa ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^a,b   Perez Stable, Eliseo J ^a,b   Hsu, Chi Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049100625     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03290708     Document Type: Article

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