Achieving Equity through Reducing Variability in Accepting Deceased Donor Kidney Offers

Sumit Mohan^{1

2

3}, Mariana C Chiles^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; and.
² Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health and.
³ The Columbia University Renal Epidemiology Group, New York, New York.

Editorial

Sumit Mohan et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017.

. 2017 Aug 7;12(8):1212-1214.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.06220617. Epub 2017 Jul 27.

Sumit Mohan^{1

2

3}, Mariana C Chiles^{1

3}

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; and.
² Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health and.
³ The Columbia University Renal Epidemiology Group, New York, New York.

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Keywords: Death; Donor; Epidemiology and outcomes; Tissue Donors; transplant outcomes; transplantation.

Comment on

Outcomes of Deceased Donor Kidney Offers to Patients at the Top of the Waiting List.
Huml AM, Albert JM, Thornton JD, Sehgal AR. Huml AM, et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Aug 7;12(8):1311-1320. doi: 10.2215/CJN.10130916. Epub 2017 Jul 27. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017. PMID: 28751577 Free PMC article.

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