Kidney transplant access in the Southeast: View from the bottom

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1499-1505

  Patzer, R E ^a,b   Pastan, S O ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; kidney transplantation; quality; Southeast

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903121360     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12748     Document Type: Review

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