Using Administrative Health Care Databases to Identify Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease With No Recorded Contraindication to Receiving a Kidney Transplant.
Carol WangKyla L NaylorBin LuoSarah E BotaStephanie N DixonSeychelle YohannaDarin TreleavenLori ElliottAmit X GargPublished in: Canadian journal of kidney health and disease (2022)
We identified several criteria available within administrative health care databases that can be used to identify patients with ESKD who have no recorded contraindications to kidney transplant. These criteria could be applied when reporting measures of access to kidney transplantation that require knowledge of transplant eligibility.