Kidney transplant access in the Southeastern United States: The need for a top-down transformation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1506-1511

  Srinivas, T R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; economics; kidney transplantation; nephrology; social sciences

Indexed keywords

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MEDICAL CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903156917     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12747     Document Type: Review

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