Association of race and insurance type with delayed assessment for kidney transplantation among patients initiating dialysis in the United States

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1490-1497

  Johansen, Kirsten L ^a,b   Zhang, Rebecca ^a   Huang, Yijian ^a   Patzer, Rachel E ^c   Kutner, Nancy G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866141486     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.13151211     Document Type: Article

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