Disparities among blacks, hispanics, and whites in time from starting dialysis to kidney transplant waitlisting

Transplantation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 309-318

  Joshi, Shivam ^a   Gaynor, Jeffrey J ^a   Bayers, Stephanie ^a   Guerra, Giselle ^a   Eldefrawy, Ahmed ^a   Chediak, Zoila ^a   Companioni, Lazara ^a   Sageshima, Junichiro ^a   Chen, Linda ^a   Kupin, Warren ^a   Roth, David ^a   Mattiazzi, Adela ^a   Burke, George W ^a   Ciancio, Gaetano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Dialysis; Hispanics; Kidney transplant waitlisting; Preemptive waitlisting; Time from starting dialysis to waitlisting.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872958058     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31827191d4     Document Type: Article

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