Transplant center assessment of the inequity in the kidney transplant process and outcomes for the Indigenous American patients

Mira T Keddis, Amit Sharma, Muneeb Ilyas, Nan Zhang, Hasan Khamash, Scott J Leischow and Raymond L Heilman

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Background: The goal is to determine the delays and reduced rates of kidney transplant (KTx) for the Indigenous Americans and variables predictive of these outcomes at a large single transplant center. Methods: 300 Indigenous Americans and 300 non-Hispanic white American patients presenting for KTx evaluation from 2012–2016 were studied. Results: Compared to whites, the Indigenous Americans had the following: more diabetes, dialysis, physical limitation and worse socioeconomic characteristics(p

Date: 2018
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