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SUBMITTER: Kutner NG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5844184 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kutner N G NG Johansen K L KL Zhang R R Huang Y Y Amaral S S
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20120106 4
Education services for Stage-IV chronic kidney disease patients were added in 2010 as a Part B covered benefit under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. Desired outcomes include early pursuit of kidney transplantation by more patients and reduction of racial disparities in access to transplantation. During 2005-2007, a United States Renal Data System (USRDS) special study surveyed 1123 patients in a national cohort who had recently started dialysis, identified themselves as ...[more]