{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8"],"submitter":["Devitt J"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Indigenous Australians are slightly more than 2% of the total Australian population however, in recent years they have comprised between 6 and 10% of new patients beginning treatment for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Although transplant is considered the optimal form of treatment for many ESKD patients there is a pronounced disparity between the rates at which Indigenous ESKD patients receive transplants compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts. The IMPAKT (Improving Access to Kidney Transplants) Interview study investigated reasons for this disparity through a large scale, in-depth interview study involving patients, nephrologists and key decision-making staff at selected Australian transplant and dialysis sites.<h4>Methods</h4>The design and conduct of the st"],"journal":["BMC health services research"],"pagination":["31"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2275237"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Study Protocol--Improving Access to Kidney Transplants (IMPAKT): a detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease."],"pmcid":["PMC2275237"],"pubmed_authors":["Anderson K","Devitt J","Cunningham J","Preece C","Snelling P","Cass A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Study Protocol--Improving Access to Kidney Transplants (IMPAKT): a detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Indigenous Australians are slightly more than 2% of the total Australian population however, in recent years they have comprised between 6 and 10% of new patients beginning treatment for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Although transplant is considered the optimal form of treatment for many ESKD patients there is a pronounced disparity between the rates at which Indigenous ESKD patients receive transplants compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts. The IMPAKT (Improving Access to Kidney Transplants) Interview study investigated reasons for this disparity through a large scale, in-depth interview study involving patients, nephrologists and key decision-making staff at selected Australian transplant and dialysis sites.<h4>Methods</h4>The design and conduct of the st","dates":{"release":"2008-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2008 Feb","modification":"2025-04-26T05:08:34.325Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:44:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2275237","cross_references":{"pubmed":["18248667"],"doi":["10.1186/1472-6963-8-31"]}}