Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplant Access Within a Theoretical Context of Medical Eligibility.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-Hispanic black (NHB) and Hispanic patients have lower access to kidney transplantation compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHWs). We examined whether differences in the prevalence of comorbidities that affect eligibility for transplant contribute to disparities in receipt of transplantation.

Methods

We performed a retrospective study of 986 019 adults who started dialysis between 2005 and 2014, according to the United States Renal Data System. We compared prevalence of comorbidities that could influence transplant eligibility by race/ethnicity. We examined time to first transplant by race/ethnicity in this overall cohort and in a very healthy sub-cohort without conditions that could be contraindications to transplantation.

Results

During 2.3 years of mean

SUBMITTER: Ku E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7067676 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature