The association of community health indicators with outcomes for kidney transplant recipients in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association of community health indicators with outcomes for kidney transplant recipients.

Design

Retrospective observational cohort study using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models.

Setting

Transplant recipients in the United States from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients merged with health indicators compiled from several national databases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including the National Center for Health Statistics, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Patients

A total of 100 164 living and deceased donor adult (aged 18 years) kidney transplant recipients who underwent a transplant between January

SUBMITTER: Schold JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3880685 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature