Kidney Transplantation Rates of Veterans Administration-Listed Patients Compared with Rates of Patients on Nonveteran Lists

Mohan Ramkumar^{1

2}, Susan T Crowley^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Renal Section, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Renal Section, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; and Susan.Crowley@va.gov.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Editorial

Mohan Ramkumar et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;29(10):2449-2450.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2018080843. Epub 2018 Sep 18.

Mohan Ramkumar^{1

2}, Susan T Crowley^{3

4}

¹ Renal Section, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Renal Section, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; and Susan.Crowley@va.gov.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

No abstract available

Keywords: Access to Care; Kidney Transplant; Veterans.

Comment on

Significantly Lower Rates of Kidney Transplantation among Candidates Listed with the Veterans Administration: A National and Local Comparison.
Augustine JJ, Arrigain S, Balabhadrapatruni K, Desai N, Schold JD. Augustine JJ, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Oct;29(10):2574-2582. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2017111204. Epub 2018 Jul 13. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018. PMID: 30006419 Free PMC article.

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