Association of U.S. Dialysis Facility Neighborhood Characteristics with Facility-Level Kidney Transplantation | Zendy

Laura Plantinga | Zendy; Stephen O. Pastan | Zendy; Michael R. Kramer | Zendy; Ann C. McClellan | Zendy; Jenna Krisher | Zendy; Rachel E. Patzer | Zendy

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Association of U.S. Dialysis Facility Neighborhood Characteristics with Facility-Level Kidney Transplantation

Author(s) -

Laura Plantinga,

Stephen O. Pastan,

Michael R. Kramer,

Ann C. McClellan,

Jenna Krisher,

Rachel E. Patzer

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

american journal of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 85

eISSN - 1421-9670

pISSN - 0250-8095

DOI - 10.1159/000365596

Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , kidney transplantation , poisson regression , rate ratio , transplantation , incidence (geometry) , demography , kidney disease , census tract , emergency medicine , census , environmental health , population , confidence interval , physics , sociology , optics

Improving access to optimal healthcare may depend on the attributes of neighborhoods where patients receive healthcare services. We investigated whether the characteristics of dialysis facility neighborhoods--where most patients with end-stage renal disease are treated--were associated with facility-level kidney transplantation.

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