Health Affairs
Volume 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 332-335

Undocumented immigrants and kidney transplant: Costs and controversy (Article) (Open Access)

Grubbs V.*
  • a Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco, United States, San Francisco General Hospital, United States

Abstract

A nephrologist's patient is ideally suited for kidney transplant-except that he is an undocumented immigrant. © 2014 by Project HOPE.

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Needs Assessment dialysis immigrant medically uninsured economics health care policy literature human community conflict of interest Anecdotes as Topic United States health care cost nephrologist Humans migrant male Emigrants and Immigrants tax Article Kidney Failure, Chronic kidney failure Kidney Transplantation health care quality dialysis catheter
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84893544747&doi=10.1377%2fhlthaff.2013.0462&partnerID=40&md5=37d0d7b13fc65673df96c4b45ec72336
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0462
ISSN: 02782715
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English