738900login-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. “The purpose of this study was to examine whether racial disparities in kidney transplant waitlisting vary by age of the patient with kidney failure.” Read the full story in Healio.
738900login-checkRacial gaps persist in kidney transplantation, particularly among younger patients |