Time trend in access to the waiting list and renal transplantation: A comparison of four European countries

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3621-3631

  Stel, Vianda S ^a   Kramar, Reinhard ^b   Leivestad, Torbjorn ^c   Hoitsma, Andries J ^d   Metcalfe, Wendy ^e   Smits, Jacqueline M ^f   Ravani, Pietro ^g   Jager, Kitty J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Austrian Dialysis and Transplant Registry ^*  (Austria)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Scottish Renal Registry   (United Kingdom)

^f EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Europe; kidney transplantation; time trend; waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84865786048     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs089     Document Type: Article

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