Factors that influence access to the national renal transplant waiting list

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-102

  Dudley, Christopher R K ^a   Johnson, Rachel J ^b   Thomas, Helen L ^b   Ravanan, Rommel ^c   Ansell, David ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Renal transplant; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEMODIALYSIS; LIVING DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REOPERATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REOPERATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651049213     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181aa901a     Document Type: Article

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