Racial gaps persist in kidney transplantation, particularly among younger patients

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73160login-checkRacial gaps persist in kidney transplantation, particularly among younger patients

By Shawn M. Carter

Evident racial gaps in transplant waitlist placement between Black and white patients exist, particularly among younger individuals with kidney failure, new data suggests.

“Racial disparities exist at all steps of the kidney transplant process, including waitlisting,” Jade Buford, MPH, of the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, and lead researcher, told Healio.
Read the full story in Healio.

731600login-checkRacial gaps persist in kidney transplantation, particularly among younger patients
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