Comparing Kidney Transplant Rates and Outcomes Among Adults With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Improving equity in organ transplant access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is a topic of social discourse in mainstream media, state legislation, and national legislation. However, few studies have compared evaluation rates, transplant rates, and outcomes among adults with and without IDD.

Objective

To compare rates of kidney transplant and transplant-specific outcomes between propensity-score matched groups of adults with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD [also referred to as end-stage renal disease (ESRD)]) with and without co-occurring IDD.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included all Medicare inpatient and outpatient standard analytical files from 2013 through 2020. A total of 1 413 655 a

SUBMITTER: Hand BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932938 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature