Author Interviews, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, JAMA, Kidney Disease, Transplantation / 27.09.2021
More Transplantation Referrals from Higher Quality Dialysis Centers
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Center for Surgery and Public Health
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: For patients who require renal replacement therapy for failed kidneys, kidney transplantation increased length of life and improves quality of life. For many of these patients, their dialysis centers are the source of referral for evaluation for transplantation. These dialysis centers have a number of publicly-reported quality measures, but they largely focus on the provision of dialysis care and not how often the centers’ patients undergo a kidney transplant. Because these higher-rated facilities provide better dialysis care, we wanted to know if that benefit also spilled over into higher transplant listing rates.
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