Are there good reasons for inequalities in access to renal transplantation in children?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2080-2087

  Hogan, Julien ^a   Audry, Benoit ^a   Harambat, Jérôme ^a,b   Dunand, Olivier ^c   Garnier, Arnaud ^d   Salomon, Rémi ^e   Ulinski, Tim ^f   Macher, Marie Alice ^a,g   Couchoud, Cécile ^a  

^a AGENCE DE LA BIOMÉDECINE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c Department of Urology   (France)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^f ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

children; HLA matching; inequality; paediatric kidney transplantation; renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959370996     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu356     Document Type: Article

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