To Understand the Disparities in Living Kidney Transplantation Outcomes, Look to the Community

Abstract

Despite clear evidence of benefit, the rates of living kidney transplantation in the United States have remined relatively flat over the last few decades. Living kidney transplantation confers greater survival and quality of life compared with cadaveric kidney transplantation and hemodialysis. 1 However, few patients with end-stage kidney disease receive this superior modality, largely due to an