The role of disparities and socioeconomic factors in access to kidney transplantation and its outcome

Figures & data

Figure 1. The pathway from the onset of ESRD to transplantation.

Table 1. The socioeconomic status included in the SAI, each graded on a scale of 0–3.

	Score for SAI calculation
	0	1	2	3
Employment status	Unemployed, not working due to medical conditions, not working by choice	Retired	Working part time	Working full time
Marital status	Not married (including never being married and widowed)	Divorced or separated	Married without children	Married with children
Education level	Did not complete high school	High school graduate	College graduate	Post-college education or doctorate degree
Substance abuse	Abusing drugs, alcohol and tobacco	Abusing two of three substances	Abusing one of three substances	No substance abuse
Income (x $1000 per year per household)^1	<20	20–50	>50–100	>100

¹The categories of income are based on quartiles in a particular patient population. Numbers presented in the table are based on NHANES-3 data, though the scale was modified since income categories greater than $50,000/year per household were not available in NHANES-3 for the population used in the SAI analysis.69–71