Disparities in Kidney Transplant Waitlisting Among Young Patients Without Medical Comorbidities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Disparities in kidney transplant referral and waitlisting contribute to disparities in kidney disease outcomes. Whether these differences are rooted in population differences in comorbidity burden is unclear.

Objective

To examine whether disparities in kidney transplant waitlisting were present among a young, relatively healthy cohort of patients unlikely to have medical contraindications to kidney transplant.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used the US Renal Data System Registry to identify patients with end-stage kidney disease who initiated dialysis between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2019. Patients who were older than 40 years, received a preemptive transplant, were preemptively waitlisted, or had documented medic

SUBMITTER: Husain SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546295 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature