Disparities in dialysis allocation: An audit from the new South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Kilonzo, Kajiru G ^a,b   Jones, Erika S W ^a   Okpechi, Ikechi G ^a   Wearne, Nicola ^a   Barday, Zunaid ^a   Swanepoel, Charles R ^a   Yeates, Karen ^c   Rayner, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL AUDIT; DIABETES MELLITUS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; LATE ONSET DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UREMIA; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017661854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176041     Document Type: Article

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