Disparities in provision of transplant education by profit status of the dialysis center

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3104-3110

  Balhara, K S ^a   Kucirka, L M ^a   Jaar, B G ^a,b,c   Segev, D L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins Bloomberg   (United States)

^c Nephrology Center of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to transplant; kidney; profit; transplant education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEPHROLOGIST; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868191329     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04207.x     Document Type: Article

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