Dialysis chains and placement on the waiting list for a cadaveric kidney transplant

Transplantation

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 543-551

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Thamer, Mae ^a   Kshirsagar, Onkar ^a   Cotter, Dennis J ^a   Schlesinger, Mark J ^b  

^a Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain status; Dialysis facility; Kidney transplantation; USRDS; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CADAVER KIDNEY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESTYLE; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907598499     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000106     Document Type: Article

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