Outcomes for Somali immigrant kidney transplant recipients in a large-volume transplant center

Outcomes for Somali immigrant kidney transplant recipients in a large-volume transplant center

Introduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) demands that patients navigate a complex healthcare system and adhere to lifelong therapy and surveillance. Cultural and linguistic discordance between patients and providers has been identified as a barrier to successful KT. We studied KT outcomes and dispa...

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Main Authors: Kent J. Peterson, Oscar K. Serrano, Marjorie Odegard, Steven J. Mongin, Danielle Berglund, David M. Vock, Srinath Chinnakotla, Ty B. Dunn, Erik B. Finger, Raja Kandaswamy, Timothy L. Pruett, Arthur J. Matas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Transplantation Reports
Subjects:
Kidney transplantation
Racial disparities
Cultural discordance
Linguistic discordance
Outcomes
Somali
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451959620300287

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