Disparities, race/ethnicity and access to pediatric kidney transplantation

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-343

  Amaral, Sandra ^a,b   Patzer, Rachel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Pediatric; Transplant

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESTYLE; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878884783     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e32835fe55b     Document Type: Review

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