Living Kidney Donors' Residential Neighborhoods: Driver or Barrier of Postdonation Follow-Up?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁵ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁶ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. Electronic address: Mara.McAdamsDeMarco@nyulangone.org.

Yiting Li et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2026 Jan.

. 2026 Jan;87(1):135-138.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.06.020. Epub 2025 Sep 18.

¹ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁵ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁶ Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. Electronic address: Mara.McAdamsDeMarco@nyulangone.org.

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