Background Organ transplant is the preferred treatment for end-stage organ disease, yet the
majority of patients with end-stage organ disease are never placed on the transplant waiting …

Chronic kidney disease is an important clinical condition beset with racial and ethnic
disparities that are associated with social inequities. Many medical schools and health …

CKD is a national public health problem that afflicts persons of all segments of society.
Although racial/ethnic disparities in advanced CKD including dialysis-dependent …

Importance Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death among patients with
end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Young adult (ages 22-29 years) have risks for ESRD …

Importance The Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion may be associated with reduced
mortality, but evidence to date is limited. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are a …

The impact of a new national kidney allocation system (KAS) on access to the national
deceased-donor waiting list (waitlisting) and racial/ethnic disparities in waitlisting among US …

There is ongoing recognition that a wide array of social, economic, and environmental
factors influence individuals' opportunities to engage in health care and healthy behaviors …

Importance It is unclear whether center-level factors are associated with racial equity in
living donor kidney transplant (LDKT). Objective To evaluate center-level factors and racial …

The incidence of kidney failure is nearly 3 times higher in Black relative to White Americans.
1 A significant body of biomedical literature links this racial inequity to polymorphic variation …

There are clear and compelling racial disparities in access to renal transplant, which is the
therapy of choice for many patients with end stage renal disease. This paper conceptualizes …