Dialysis Facility Transplant Philosophy and Access to Kidney Transplantation in the Southeast

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 504-511

  Gander, Jennifer ^a   Browne, Teri ^b   Plantinga, Laura ^a   Pastan, Stephen O ^a   Sauls, Leighann ^c   Krisher, Jenna ^c   Patzer, Rachel E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chronic kidney failure; Dialysis; Kidney transplantation; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHILOSOPHY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84939542076     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000438463     Document Type: Article

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