The Impact of Health Care Appointment Non-Adherence on Graft Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation | Zendy

David J. Taber | Zendy; James N. Fleming | Zendy; Cory E. Fominaya | Zendy; Mulugeta Gebregziabher | Zendy; Kelly J. Hunt | Zendy; Titte R. Srinivas | Zendy; Prabhakar K. Baliga | Zendy; John W. McGillicuddy | Zendy; Leonard E. Egede | Zendy

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The Impact of Health Care Appointment Non-Adherence on Graft Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation

Author(s) -

David J. Taber,

James N. Fleming,

Cory E. Fominaya,

Mulugeta Gebregziabher,

Kelly J. Hunt,

Titte R. Srinivas,

Prabhakar K. Baliga,

John W. McGillicuddy,

Leonard E. Egede

Publication year - 2016

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 - 10.1159/000453554

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , transplantation , veterans affairs , cohort , kidney transplantation , proportional hazards model , medication adherence , cohort study , kidney disease , emergency medicine , confidence interval

Non-adherence to medication is a well-studied and known cause of late allograft loss, but it is difficult to measure and prospectively monitor. The aim of this study was to assess if appointment non-adherence was correlated with medication non-adherence and a predictor of graft outcomes.

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