Kidney Transplantation and Wait-Listing Rates from the

Kidney Transplantation and Wait-Listing Rates from the International

Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

Introduction

DOPPS Background

Methods: Time-To-Transplant

Methods: Probability of Being On the Waitlist

Unadjusted Transplant Rate versus Years on Dialysis

Crude Kidney Transplant Rate By Country: DOPPS I (1996-2001)

Patient Factors Predicting Transplant:Demographics

Patient Factors Predicting Transplant:Comorbidities

Patient Factors Predicting Transplant:Income, Education, Nursing Home

Adjusted Relative Rates of Kidney Transplantation for HD Patients,

by Country

US Regional Differences in Relative Rates of Kidney Transplantation in

HD Patients

Percent of Prevalent HD Patients on Transplant Waitlist, by Country

DOPPS II (2002-2003)

Transplant Waitlisting of HD Patients According to Type of US Dialysis

Facility

US Regional Differences in Transplant Waitlisting of HD Patients

Patient Factors Associated with Lower Odds of Transplant Waitlisting

in HD Patients

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

States in United States geographic regions based on United States census

divisions