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ReviewCurrent transplantation reports2022

Past and Present Policy Efforts in Achieving Racial Equity in Kidney Transplantation.

Irene K Kim, Paulo N Martins, Martha Pavlakis, Nwamaka D Eneanya, Rachel E Patzer

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Review in Current transplantation reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Care of Adults with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Eliminating Race From eGFR Calculations: Impact on Living Donor Programs.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Irene K KimDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Paulo N MartinsDepartment of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA USA.
Martha PavlakisDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Nwamaka D EneanyaRenal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA.
Rachel E PatzerDepartment of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of Review: Inequities in transplant access for underrepresented minorities and people of low socioeconomic status persist. The central principle to organ allocation, the "Final Rule" is grounded on "equitable allocation of cadaveric organs," regardless of background, including race/ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status, and there have been ongoing previous and current efforts in achieving the goal of equity in access to transplantation. Recent Findings: Some of these disparities are caused by impeded access to the transplant waiting list (i.e., lack of referral to transplantation, socioeconomic constraints) and are somewhat beyond the purview of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) policy. This paper examines past and present OPTN/UNOS policy efforts that strive to make access to kidney transplantation more racially equitable. Summary: Past and current policy efforts have brought the transplant community closer to the goal of achieving equity in access to transplantation. More comprehensive data collection may aid in further understanding existing challenges.

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Access to organ transplantationEquityKidney transplantOPTN/UNOSRace

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PMID35646512
PMCPMC9127821

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