Access to renal transplantation for minority patients with ESRD in Canada

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1083-1089

  Yeates, Karen E ^a   Schaubel, Douglas E ^b   Cass, Alan ^c,e   Sequist, Thomas D ^c,d   Ayanian, John Z ^c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

access to care; minority patients; racial disparity; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INDIAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 9344270480     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.08.031     Document Type: Article

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