Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Kidney Transplantation Process: A Registry-Based Study in Sweden

Background. Few studies have examined the association between individual-level socioeconomic status and access to kidney transplantation. This study aims to investigate the association between predialysis income and education, and access to (i) the kidney waitlist (first listing), and (ii) kidney tr...

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Main Authors: Ye Zhang, MSc, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, PhD, Helena Rydell, MD, Johan Jarl, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-02-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000764