Transplant center assessment of the inequity in the kidney transplant process and outcomes for the Indigenous American patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goal is to determine the delays and reduced rates of kidney transplant (KTx) for the Indigenous Americans and variables predictive of these outcomes at a large single transplant center.

Methods

300 Indigenous Americans and 300 non-Hispanic white American patients presenting for KTx evaluation from 2012-2016 were studied.

Results

Compared to whites, the Indigenous Americans had the following: more diabetes, dialysis, physical limitation and worse socioeconomic characteristics(p<0.01); median difference of 20 day delay from referral to KTx evaluation, 17 day delay from approval to UNOS listing and 126.5 longer delay on the waitlist compared to whites(p<0.001). Of the Indigenous Americans listed, more died, were removed, or were still waiting than transpla

SUBMITTER: Keddis MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249016 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature