Inequalities in rates of renal replacement therapy in England: Does it matter who you are or where you live?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1598-1607

  Judge, Andy ^a,b   Caskey, Fergus J ^b,c   Welton, Nicky J ^b   Ansell, David ^c   Tomson, Charles R V ^c   Roderick, Paul J ^d   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dialysis; inequalities; renal replacement therapy; travel times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859330956     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr466     Document Type: Article

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