Care access not main driver of racial disparities in kidney disease

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Although black and Hispanic veterans with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more likely than white patients to see a kidney specialist--a nephrologist--they are more likely to suffer disease progression from early stage to advanced kidney disease, reports a study published this month in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news