Indigenous people in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are less likely to receive renal transplantation

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-664

  Yeates, Karen E ^a   Cass, Alan ^b,c   Sequist, Thomas D ^d,e,f   McDonald, Stephen P ^g   Jardine, Meg J ^b   Trpeski, Lilyanna ^h   Ayanian, John Z ^d,e,i  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^g Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry   (Australia)

^h CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Deceased donor; Indigenous health; Living donor; Renal failure; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549114429     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.236     Document Type: Article

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