Open AccessDisparities in Completion Rates of the Medical Prerenal Transplant Evaluation by Race or Ethnicity and Gender
Author(s) -
Rebecca Monson,
Patricia Kemerley,
D. Walczak,
Enrico Benedetti,
José Oberholzer,
Kirstie K. Danielson
Publication year - 2015
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.0000000000000271
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , socioeconomic status , ethnic group , referral , dialysis , demography , black female , family medicine , population , confidence interval , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , gender studies
A significant number of potential kidney transplant candidates do not complete the required medical evaluation after referral to a transplant program.