Ensuring the Equitable Advancement of American Kidney Health-the Need to Account for Socioeconomic Disparities in the ESRD Treatment Choices Model

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Feb;32(2):265-267. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020101466. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Authors

Yuvaram N V Reddy^{1

2

3}, Sri Lekha Tummalapalli⁴, Mallika L Mendu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: Advancing American Kidney Health initiative; ESRD Treatment Choices model; health policy; home dialysis; social determinants of health.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Healthcare Disparities*
Humans
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / economics
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Socioeconomic Factors
United States