The role of race and poverty on steps to kidney transplantation in the Southeastern United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 358-368

  Patzer, R E ^a   Perryman, J P ^a   Schrager, J D ^b   Pastan, S ^a,b   Amaral, S ^c   Gazmararian, J A ^a   Klein, M ^a   Kutner, N ^d   McClellan, W M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to transplantation; clinical epidemiology; racial disparity; renal transplant; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEGRO; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACISM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856462161     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03927.x     Document Type: Article

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