Racial Equity in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Centers, 2008-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It is unclear whether center-level factors are associated with racial equity in living donor kidney transplant (LDKT).

Objective

To evaluate center-level factors and racial equity in LDKT during an 11-year time period.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort longitudinal study was completed in February 2023, of US transplant centers with at least 12 annual LDKTs from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2018, identified in the Health Resources Services Administration database and linked to the US Renal Data System and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.

Main outcomes and measures

Observed and model-based estimated Black-White mean LDKT rate ratios (RRs), where an RR of 1 indicates racial equity and values less than 1 indica

SUBMITTER: McElroy LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724764 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature