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SUBMITTER: Gander JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153044 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gander Jennifer C JC Zhang Xingyu X Plantinga Laura L Paul Sudeshna S Basu Mohua M Pastan Stephen O SO Gibney Eric E Hartmann Erica E Mulloy Laura L Zayas Carlos C Patzer Rachel E RE
Clinical transplantation 20180826 9
<h4>Background</h4>Racial disparities persist in access to kidney transplantation. Racial differences in preemptive referral, or referral prior to dialysis start, may explain this discrepancy.<h4>Methods</h4>Patient-level data on kidney transplant referrals (2005-2012) from all Georgia transplant centers were linked to the United States Renal Data System to examine racial disparities in preemptive referral, waitlisting, and living donor transplant. Adjusted logistic regression and Cox proportion ...[more]