Improving access to kidney transplantation: Referral is not enough

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 565-567

  Kucirka, Lauren M ^a,b   Purnell, Tanjala S ^a,b   Segev, Dorry L ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; FEMALE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84939207736     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.8932     Document Type: Review

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