Access to kidney transplantation among the elderly in the united states: A glass half full, not half empty

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2109-2114

  Schaeffner, Elke S ^a   Rose, Caren ^b   Gill, John S ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; DIALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 78149324188     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03490410     Document Type: Article

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