Are there inequities in treatment of end-stage renal disease in Sweden? A longitudinal register-based study on socioeconomic status-related access to kidney transplantation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Jarl, Johan ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Inequities; Kidney transplantation; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EQUITY; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; AGED; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011092209     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14020119     Document Type: Article

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