Dialysis Facility Profit Status and Early Steps in Kidney Transplantation in the Southeastern United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Dialysis facilities in the United States play a key role in access to kidney transplantation. Previous studies reported that patients treated at for-profit facilities are less likely to be waitlisted and receive a transplant, but their effect on early steps in the transplant process is unknown. The study's objective was to determine the association between dialysis facility profit status and critical steps in the transplantation process in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

In this retrospective cohort study, we linked referral and evaluation data from all nine transplant centers in the Southeast with United States Renal Data System surveillance data. The cohort study included 33,651 patients w

SUBMITTER: McPherson LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature