Access to kidney transplantation among remote-and rural-dwelling patients with kidney failure in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1681-1690

  Tonelli, Marcello ^a,b,c   Klarenbach, Scott ^a,c   Rose, Caren ^d   Wiebe, Natasha ^a   Gill, John ^d,e  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b Division of Critical Care Medicine   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249127415     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.545     Document Type: Article

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