Open AccessRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplant Access Within a Theoretical Context of Medical Eligibility
Author(s) -
Elaine Ku,
Brian K. Lee,
Charles E. McCulloch,
Garrett R. Roll,
Barbara Grimes,
Deborah Adey,
Kirsten L. Johansen
Publication year - 2019
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.0000000000002962
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , cohort , dialysis , ethnic group , context (archaeology) , retrospective cohort study , kidney disease , kidney transplantation , cohort study , end stage renal disease , demography , gerontology , disease , paleontology , sociology , anthropology , biology
Non-Hispanic black (NHB) and Hispanic patients have lower access to kidney transplantation compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHWs). We examined whether differences in the prevalence of comorbidities that affect eligibility for transplant contribute to disparities in receipt of transplantation.