Factors influencing access to kidney transplantation: a research protocol of a qualitative study on stakeholders' perspectives.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Unequal access to kidney transplantation is suggested, but no systematic inventory exists about factors influencing access to kidney transplantation. There is an absence of any research that has combined stakeholder perspectives along the complete trajectory of transplantation. The present qualitative study explores the contributing factors from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders in this trajectory, including patients, health professionals and health insurance and financial representatives in the Netherlands. Moreover, stakeholders will be invited to suggesting strategies and solutions for handling the facilitating and hindering factors found. By means of interaction, stakeholder groups will arrive at a consensus for new policymaking in the field of a Dutch transplantat

SUBMITTER: Kloss K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6773277 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature