Barriers to evaluation and wait listing for kidney transplantation

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1760-1767

  Schold, Jesse D ^a   Gregg, Jon A ^b   Harman, Jeffrey S ^c   Hall, Allyson G ^c   Patton, Pamela R ^b   Meier Kriesche, Herwig Ulf ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960332509     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.08620910     Document Type: Article

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