Non-medical barriers in access to early steps of kidney transplantation in the United States - A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States (US), barriers in access to later steps in the kidney transplantation process (i.e. waitlisting) have been well documented. Barriers in access to earlier steps (i.e. referral and evaluation) are less well described due to the lack of national surveillance data. In this review, we summarize the available literature on non-medical barriers in access to kidney transplant referral and evaluation.

Methods

Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a scoping review of the literature through June 3, 2021. We included all studies (quantitative and qualitative) reporting on barriers to kidney transplant referral and evaluation in the US published from 1990 onwards in English and among adult end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients (PROSPERO registration

SUBMITTER: Harding JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature