The decline in living kidney donation in the United States: Random variation or cause for concern?

Transplantation

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 767-773

  Rodrigue, James R ^a   Schold, Jesse D ^b   Mandelbrot, Didier A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Live donor kidney transplantation; Living donation

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DONOR SELECTION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; DONOR SELECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84888137122     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318298fa61     Document Type: Review

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