Mitigating Racial and Gender Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Nation’s Longest Single-Center Kidney Chain

Mitigating Racial and Gender Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Nation’s Longest Single-Center Kidney Chain

Disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) exist among minority women. Through implementation of an incompatible LDKT program at a single-institution, we sought to mitigate racial and gender disparities in access to transplantation. Herein, we report a 4-fold increased likel...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of surgery 2019-10, Vol.270 (4), p.639-646
Hauptverfasser: Mustian, Margaux N, Kumar, Vineeta, Stegner, Katie, Mompoint-Williams, Darnell, Hanaway, Michael, Deierhoi, Mark H, Young, Carlton, Orandi, Babak J, Anderson, Douglas, MacLennan, Paul A, Reed, Rhiannon D, Shelton, Brittany A, Eckhoff, Devin, Locke, Jayme E
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Zusammenfassung:Disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) exist among minority women. Through implementation of an incompatible LDKT program at a single-institution, we sought to mitigate racial and gender disparities in access to transplantation. Herein, we report a 4-fold increased likelihood of LDKT among sensitized minority women post-implementation.
ISSN:0003-4932
1528-1140
DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003484