title: Might the current gauge of transplant center quality result in reducing patient access via diminished organ utilization?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Swee-Ling
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Levea
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee anthony.langone@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langone
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D061847:Hospitals, High-Volume; D061846:Hospitals, Low-Volume; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014850:Waiting Lists
keywords: cadaver organ transplantation; chronic dialysis; kidney transplantation; renal transplantation; transplant outcomes