Racial and Sex Disparities in Catheter Use and Dialysis Access in the United States Medicare Population.
Shipra AryaTaylor A MelansonElizabeth L GeorgeKara A RothenbergManjula Kurella TamuraRachel E PatzerJason M HockenberryPublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2020)
Female patients spend a longer time on a CVC and are less likely to transition to permanent access. Compared with white patients, minorities also spend longer time on a CVC, but are more likely to eventually transition to permanent access. Strategies to speed transition to permanent access should target groups that currently lag in this area.