Differences in access to kidney transplantation between hispanic and non-hispanic whites by geographic location in the United States

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2149-2157

  Arce, Cristina M ^a   Goldstein, Benjamin A ^a   Mitani, Aya A ^a   Lenihan, Colin R ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889819345     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01560213     Document Type: Article

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