Dialysis facility and network factors associated with low kidney transplantation rates among United States dialysis facilities

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1562-1572

  Patzer, R E ^a,b   Plantinga, L ^b,c   Krisher, J ^d   Pastan, S O ^a,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southeastern Kidney Council Inc/ESRD Network 6   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis facilities; ESRD Networks; kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903182765     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12749     Document Type: Article

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