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Patient Education to Reduce Disparities in Renal Transplantation
Author(s) -
William S. Asch,
Margaret J. Bia
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01770212
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , referral , transplantation , kidney transplantation , preference , health literacy , family medicine , health equity , white (mutation) , health care , intensive care medicine , public health , nursing , population , environmental health , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , gene , microeconomics , economic growth
Healthcare disparities can be defined as differences in health outcomes that are unnecessary and avoidable, and in addition, that are considered unfair and unjust ([1][1],[2][2]). The existence of such disparities in kidney transplantation has been recognized for over a decade ([3][3],[4][4]).

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