Association of Citizenship Status With Kidney Transplantation in Medicaid Patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 182-190

  Shen, Jenny I ^a,b   Hercz, Daniel ^b   Barba, Lilly M ^a,b   Wilhalme, Holly ^b   Lum, Erik L ^b   Huang, Edmund ^b   Reddy, Uttam ^c   Salas, Leslie ^a   Vangala, Sitaram ^b   Norris, Keith C ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

citizenship; end stage renal disease (ESRD); immigration; Kidney transplantation; Medicaid; non resident aliens; transplant outcomes; undocumented immigrants; US health care policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; TREND STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85033401476     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.08.014     Document Type: Article

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