Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Access to Kidney Transplantation

IMPORTANCE: For-profit (vs nonprofit) dialysis facilities have historically had lower kidney transplantation rates, but it is unknown if the pattern holds for living donor and deceased donor kidney transplantation, varies by facility ownership, or has persisted over time in a nationally representati...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 322; no. 10; pp. 957 - 973
Main Authors:	Gander, Jennifer C, Zhang, Xingyu, Ross, Katherine, Wilk, Adam S, McPherson, Laura, Browne, Teri, Pastan, Stephen O, Walker, Elizabeth, Wang, Zhensheng, Patzer, Rachel E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Medical Association 10-09-2019
Subjects:	Chains Dialysis End-stage renal disease Exposure Health Facilities, Proprietary Health Services Accessibility Hemodialysis Historical account Humans Incidence Kidney diseases Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Kidney Transplantation Kidney transplants Living Donors Medicare Original Investigation Ownership Placement Renal Dialysis - economics Retrospective Studies Transplantation Transplants & implants United States Waiting Lists United States United States > US
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