Associations between Deprivation, Geographic Location, and Access to Pediatric Kidney Care in the United Kingdom.
CONCLUSIONS: Socioeconomic deprivation or geographic location are not associated with late presentation in children in the United Kingdom. Geographic location was not independently associated with pre-emptive transplantation; however, children from more affluent areas were more likely to receive a pre-emptive transplant.
PMID: 33468533 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Plumb LA, Sinha MD, Casula A, Inward CD, Marks SD, Caskey FJ, Ben-Shlomo Y Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research
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