Impact of medicare coverage on disparities in access to simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2785-2791

  Melancon, J K ^a   Kucirka, L M ^b   Boulware, L E ^b,c   Powe, N R ^d   Locke, J E ^b   Montgomery, R A ^b   Segev, D L ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to transplantation; Pancreas transplantation; Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPKT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449141489     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02845.x     Document Type: Article

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