Likelihood of children with end-stage kidney disease in Europe to live with a functioning kidney transplant is mainly explained by nonmedical factors

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 453-459

  Harambat, Jérôme ^a,b   Van Stralen, Karlijn J ^a   Verrina, Enrico ^c   Groothoff, Jaap W ^a   Schaefer, Franz ^d   Jager, Kitty J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access to transplantation; Children; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894256277     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-013-2665-7     Document Type: Article

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