Longer Distance From Dialysis Facility to Transplant Center Is Associated With Lower Access to Kidney Transplantation

Longer Distance From Dialysis Facility to Transplant Center Is Associated With Lower Access to Kidney Transplantation

Background. Rates of kidney transplantation vary substantially across dialysis facilities in the United States. Whether distance between the dialysis facility and transplant center associates with variations in transplantation rates has not been examined. Methods. We performed a retrospective study...

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Main Authors: Adrian M. Whelan, MB BCh BAO, MAS, Kirsten L. Johansen, MD, Charles E. McCulloch, PhD, Dieter Adelmann, MD, PhD, Claus U. Niemann, MD, Garrett R. Roll, MD, Salpi Siyahian, BS, Barbara Grimes, PhD, Elaine Ku, MD, MAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-10-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001048

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http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001048

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