Kidney Transplant Referrals 16% Less Likely At For-Profit Dialysis Centers

In the Southeastern United States, people receiving dialysis at a for-profit facility were 16% less likely to receive a referral for kidney transplant compared to people receiving dialysis at non-profit facility. Across both for-profit and non-profit dialysis facilities, about 44% of those undergoing dialysis were referred for transplant, which included 43% of those treated at a for-profit facility and 47% of those treated in in a non-profit facility.

The rates at which people started medical evaluations after referral to a transplant center and the rate of waitlist placement after evaluations were similar between the . . .