Variation between centres in access to renal transplantation in UK: Longitudinal cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7766, 2010, Pages 238-

  Ravanan, R ^a   Udayaraj, U ^a   Ansell, D ^a   Collett, D ^b   Johnson, R ^b   O'Neill, J ^b   Tomson, C R V ^a   Dudley, C R K ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Organ Donation and Transplantation Directorate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; CASE MIX; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955109147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3451     Document Type: Article

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