Variation in Dialysis Facility Referral for Kidney Transplantation Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in Georgia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Dialysis facilities in the United States are required to educate patients with end-stage renal disease about all treatment options, including kidney transplantation. Patients receiving dialysis typically require a referral for kidney transplant evaluation at a transplant center from a dialysis facility to start the transplantation process, but the proportion of patients referred for transplantation is unknown.

Objective

To describe variation in dialysis facility-level referral for kidney transplant evaluation and factors associated with referral among patients initiating dialysis in Georgia, the US state with the lowest kidney transplantation rates.

Design, setting, and participants

Examination of United States Renal Data System data from a cohort of 15,279

SUBMITTER: Patzer RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4571496 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature