Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Kidney Transplantation Process: A Registry-Based Study in Sweden

摘要

BackgroundFew studies have examined the association between individual-level socioeconomic status and access to kidney transplantation. This study aims to investigate the association between predialysis income and education, and access to (i) the kidney waitlist (first listing), and (ii) kidney transplantation conditional on waitlist placement. Adjustment will be made for a number of medical and nonmedical factors.