Residence location and likelihood of kidney transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a universal, public health care system, access to kidney transplantation should not be influenced by residence location. We determined the likelihood of kidney transplantation from deceased donors among Canadian dialysis patients living in 7 geographic regions. Within each region we also determined whether distance from the closest transplant centre was associated with the likelihood of transplantation.

Methods

A random sample of 7034 subjects initiating dialysis in Canada between 1996 and 2000 was studied. We used Cox proportional hazards models to examine the relation between residence location and the likelihood of kidney transplantation from deceased donors over a median period of 2.4 years.

Results

There were significant differences in the likelihoo

SUBMITTER: Tonelli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1550764 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature