A Randomized Trial to Reduce Disparities in Referral for Transplant Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Georgia has the lowest kidney transplant rates in the United States and substantial racial disparities in transplantation. We determined the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to increase referral of patients on dialysis for transplant evaluation in the Reducing Disparities in Access to kidNey Transplantation Community Study (RaDIANT), a randomized, dialysis facility-based, controlled trial involving >9000 patients receiving dialysis from 134 dialysis facilities in Georgia. In December of 2013, we selected dialysis facilities with either low transplant referral or racial disparity in referral. The intervention consisted of transplant education and engagement activities targeting dialysis facility leadership, staff, and patients conducted from January to December of 2014. We exa

SUBMITTER: Patzer RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5328160 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature