Kidney transplantation in undocumented immigrants with ESRD: A policy whose time has come?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-359

  Linden, Ellena A ^a,b   Cano, Jeannette ^a   Coritsidis, George N ^a,b  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84865699729     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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