Open AccessKidney Transplantation and the Intensity of Poverty in the Contiguous United States
Author(s) -
Sumit Mohan,
Richard Mutell,
Rachel E. Patzer,
James B. Holt,
David J. Cohen,
William M. McClellan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000000125
Subject(s) - transplantation , poverty , demography , socioeconomic status , population , quartile , kidney transplantation , geographic variation , medicine , geography , economic growth , confidence interval , economics , sociology
Geographic variation in kidney transplantation rates in the United States has been described previously but remains unexplained by age, race, sex, or socioeconomic status differences. Geographic variations in the concentration of poverty appear to impact end-stage renal disease care and potentially access to transplantation.