Prominent impact of community risk factors on kidney transplant candidate processes and outcomes

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2374-2383

  Schold, J D ^a,b,c   Heaphy, E L G ^a   Buccini, L D ^a   Poggio, E D ^a,b   Srinivas, T R ^d   Goldfarb, D A ^a,b   Flechner, S M ^a,b   Rodrigue, J R ^e   Thornton, J D ^c   Sehgal, A R ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to transplantation; comorbidity; kidney transplantation; living donor transplantation; preemptive; risk factors; socioeconomic status; waiting list; waitlist mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCESS TO TRANSPLANTATION; COMORBIDITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR TRANSPLANTATION; PREEMPTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAITING LIST; WAITLIST MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84883463670     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12349     Document Type: Article

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