Differences in Racial and Ethnic Disparities Between First and Repeat Kidney Transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent data suggest patients with graft failure had better access to repeat kidney transplantation (re-KT) than transplant-naive dialysis accessing first KT. This was postulated to be because of better familiarity with the transplant process and healthcare system; whether this advantage is equitably distributed is not known. We compared the magnitude of racial/ethnic disparities in access to re-KT versus first KT.

Methods

Using United States Renal Data System, we identified 104 454 White, Black, and Hispanic patients with a history of graft failure from 1995 to 2018, and 2 357 753 transplant-naive dialysis patients. We used adjusted Cox regression to estimate disparities in access to first and re-KT and whether the magnitude of these disparities differed between f

SUBMITTER: Sandal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424272 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature