Health disparities in chronic kidney disease: are we making any progress?
Health disparities in CKD remain widespread and deserve continued efforts towards elimination. Future research and policy goals should be targeted towards an understanding of the contribution of health care system practices, poor health literacy, lack of access to health care, urban segregation, and on rural isolation on the perpetuation of CKD health disparities. Eliminating these disparities will require understanding the contribution of health care system practices, geography, health care policy, biology, and genetics, which can lead to the development of novel interventions, innovative health care strategies, and ground-breaking policy interventions targeted at decreasing CKD associated health disparities.
Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, USA.
Bessie A
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Young
Yoshio
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Hall
Rudolph A
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Rodriguez
D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012423:Rural Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology