Examining the Potential Impact of Race Multiplier Utilization in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculation on African-American Care Outcomes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 464-471

  Ahmed, Salman ^a   Nutt, Cameron T ^a   Eneanya, Nwamaka D ^b   Reese, Peter P ^b   Sivashanker, Karthik ^a,c   Morse, Michelle ^a,d,e   Sequist, Thomas ^a,f   Mendu, Mallika L ^a,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d EqualHealth   (Haïti)

^e EqualHealth   (United States)

^f PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 85092649736     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06280-5     Document Type: Article

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