Living or deceased-donor kidney transplant: the role of psycho-socioeconomic factors and outcomes associated with each type of transplant

Living or deceased-donor kidney transplant: the role of psycho-socioeconomic factors and outcomes associated with each type of transplant

Abstract Background Kidney transplant improves patients’ survival and quality of life. Worldwide, concern about the equality of access to the renal transplant wait-list is increasing. In Iran, patients have the choice to be placed on either the living or deceased-donor transplant wait-list. Methods...

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Main Authors: Abbas Basiri, Maryam Taheri, Alireza Khoshdel, Shabnam Golshan, Hamed Mohseni-rad, Nasrin Borumandnia, Nasser Simforoosh, Mohsen Nafar, Majid Aliasgari, Mohammad Hossein Nourbala, Gholamreza Pourmand, Soudabeh Farhangi, Nastaran Khalili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Deceased donor
Living donor
Kidney transplant
Psychologic status
Socioeconomic
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-020-01200-9

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