Renal Diseases and Social Inequalities in Access to Transplantation in France

Social inequalities in health are a major public concern. Some of these inequalities are currently not well documented, and are thus largely absent from debate. One important health issue is renal disease and access to the corresponding therapies (dialysis and renal transplant). These two therapeuti...

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Published in:Population (France) 2016-01, Vol.71 (1), p.23-23
Main Authors: Baudelot, Christian, Caille, Yvanie, Godechot, Olivier, Mercier, Sylvie
Format: Article
Language:eng ; fre
Subjects:
Age
Dialysis
Education
Employment
Epidemiology
France
Health care access
Health care policy
Health insurance
Hemodialysis
Hospitals
Kidney diseases
Kidney transplantation
Kidney transplants
Life expectancy
Medicare
Nephrology
Older people
Population
Public concern
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Social inequalities in health are a major public concern. Some of these inequalities are currently not well documented, and are thus largely absent from debate. One important health issue is renal disease and access to the corresponding therapies (dialysis and renal transplant). These two therapeutic options have very different consequences in terms of labour market participation and physical well-being. Renal transplants offer patients an enhanced quality of daily life and a longer life expectancy, but this option is limited by organ availability. Here, drawing on two recent surveys, Christian BAUDELOT, Yvanie CAILLÉ, Olivier GODECHOT and Sylvie MERCIER examine socially differentiated access to these two therapies and explore the underlying mechanisms. At each stage in the disease and its treatment, a cumulative process puts the least educated patients at a disadvantage in terms of access to a kidney transplant.
ISSN:0032-4663
1957-7966
DOI:10.3917/pope.1601.0023