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Transplant center assessment of the inequity in the kidney transplant process and outcomes for the Indigenous American patients

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  • Mira T Keddis
  • Amit Sharma
  • Muneeb Ilyas
  • Nan Zhang
  • Hasan Khamash
  • Scott J Leischow
  • Raymond L Heilman

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Background: The goal is to determine the delays and reduced rates of kidney transplant (KTx) for the Indigenous Americans and variables predictive of these outcomes at a large single transplant center. Methods: 300 Indigenous Americans and 300 non-Hispanic white American patients presenting for KTx evaluation from 2012–2016 were studied. Results: Compared to whites, the Indigenous Americans had the following: more diabetes, dialysis, physical limitation and worse socioeconomic characteristics(p

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  • Mira T Keddis & Amit Sharma & Muneeb Ilyas & Nan Zhang & Hasan Khamash & Scott J Leischow & Raymond L Heilman, 2018. "Transplant center assessment of the inequity in the kidney transplant process and outcomes for the Indigenous American patients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0207819
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207819
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