Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Kidney Transplantation Process: A Registry-Based Study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have examined the association between individual-level socioeconomic status and access to kidney transplantation. This study aims to investigate the association between predialysis income and education, and access to (i) the kidney waitlist (first listing), and (ii) kidney transplantation conditional on waitlist placement. Adjustment will be made for a number of medical and nonmedical factors.

Methods

The Swedish Renal Register was linked to national registers for adult patients in Sweden who started dialysis during 1995 to 2013. We employed Cox proportional hazards models.

Results

Nineteen per cent of patients were placed on the waitlist. Once on the waitlist, 80% received kidney transplantation. After adjusting for covariates, patients in the

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5811275 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature