Identifying when racial and ethnic disparities arise along the continuum of transplant care: a national registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fewer minoritized patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) receive kidney transplantation (KT); efforts to mitigate disparities have thus far failed. Pinpointing the specific stage(s) within the transplant care continuum (being informed of KT options, joining the waiting list, to receiving KT) where disparities emerge among each minoritized population is pivotal for achieving equity. We therefore quantified racial and ethnic disparities across the KT care continuum.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study (2015-2020), with follow-up through 12/10/2021. Patients with incident dialysis were identified using the US national registry data. The exposure was race and ethnicity (Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White). We used adjusted modified Poisson regressi

SUBMITTER: Clark-Cutaia MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature