Equity in kidney transplantation: Policy change is only the first step

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Rachel Patzer, Emory University; Allyson Hart, University of Minnesota
• Language: English
• Date: 2018-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley: 12 months
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2018 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajt.14743
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: American Journal of Transplantation
• ISSN: 1600-6135
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 8
• Start Page: 1839
• End Page: 1840
• Keywords: personal viewpoint; kidney transplantation; ABO incompatibility; disparities; Science & Technology; organ allocation; SYSTEM; nephrology; law; race; editorial; legislation; Transplantation; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Surgery; epidemiology; ethnicity; health services and outcomes research
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery; Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

This editorial comments on Martins et al's important finding (page 1947) that the increase in A2‐incompatible transplantation was primarily limited to Caucasians, suggesting that additional efforts are needed to ensure equity in access to kidney transplantation in the United States.