Comparable barriers to access to kidney transplantation across national lines

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-22

  Schold, Jesse D ^a   Meier Kriesche, Herwig Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to access; End stage renal disease; Kidney transplantation; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DONOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODIALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67651015143     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181a9eabe     Document Type: Note

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