Geographic Variation in End-Stage Renal Disease Incidence and Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
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Geographic variation in end-stage renal disease incidence and access to deceased donor kidney transplantation.
The effect of demand for kidney transplantation, measured by end-stage renal disease (ESRD) incidence, on access to transplantation is unknown. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (OPTN/SRTR) from 2000 to 2008, we performed donation service area (...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1600-6135,1600-6143
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03043.x