Transplantation rates for living- but not deceased-donor kidneys vary with socioeconomic status in Australia

Kidney International

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-145

  Grace, Blair S ^a,b   Clayton, Philip A ^a,c,d   Cass, Alan ^d,e   McDonald, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

competing risks; disadvantage; kidney transplantation; organ donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84871743836     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.304     Document Type: Article

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