Non-medical barriers in access to early steps of kidney transplantation in the United States–a scoping review

JL Harding, A Perez, K Snow, S Retzloff… - Transplantation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In the United States (US), barriers in access to later steps in the kidney
transplantation process (ie waitlisting) have been well documented. Barriers in access to …

Non-medical barriers reported by nephrologists when providing renal replacement therapy or comprehensive conservative management to end-stage kidney disease …

RW de Jong, VS Stel, JG Heaf, M Murphy… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Large international differences exist in access to renal replacement therapy
(RRT) modalities and comprehensive conservative management (CCM) for patients with …

Health care perceptions and a concierge-based transplant evaluation for patients with kidney disease

M Vélez-Bermúdez, Y Leyva, JM Loor… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The kidney transplant (KT) evaluation process is particularly time consuming
and burdensome for Black patients, who report more discrimination, racism, and mistrust in …

The Kidney Transplant Equity Index: improving racial and ethnic minority access to transplantation

AM Delman, KM Turner, LS Silski, RC Quillin III… - Annals of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To develop a scalable metric which quantifies kidney transplant (KT) centers'
performance providing equitable access to KT for minority patients, based on the …

Patient and provider gender and kidney transplant referral in Canada: a survey of Canadian healthcare providers

A Thanamayooran, BJ Foster, KK Tennankore… - …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background. Referral for kidney transplant (KT) is variable, with women often
disadvantaged. This study aimed to better characterize Canadian transplant referral …

Factors associated with health inequities in access to kidney transplantation in the USA: a scoping review

Z Ernst, A Wilson, A Peña, M Love, T Moore… - Transplantation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The kidney is the most needed organ for transplantation in the United States.
However, demand and scarcity of this organ has caused significant inequities for historically …

Storytelling to inspire dialysis patients to learn about living donor kidney transplant

EH Wood, AD Waterman, R Pines - Blood purification, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Policy changes including the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative and
CMS's ESRD Quality Incentive Program recommend increasing educational initiatives within …

Barriers to kidney transplantation in ESKD

S Venkataraman, J Kendrick - Seminars in Dialysis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Kidney transplantation is the ideal treatment option for patients with end‐stage kidney
disease (ESKD). Since there is clear mortality benefit to receiving a transplant regardless of …

Patient-reported barriers to the Prekidney transplant evaluation in an at-risk population in the United States

MB Lockwood, MR Saunders, R Nass… - Progress in …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Despite our knowledge of barriers to the early stages of the transplant process,
we have limited insight into patient-reported barriers to the prekidney transplant medical …

“You have to be part of the process”: A qualitative analysis of older African American men's primary care communication and participation

J Mitchell, EDG Williams, R Perry… - American journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The objective of the current study was to understand older African American men's
perceptions of and experiences with patient–provider communication during primary care …