Transplant Staff Awareness of Gender Disparities and the Evaluation of Women for Kidney Transplantation
Kidney transplantation is lifesaving treatment for the majority of people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), prolonging survival and improving quality of life compared with dialysis.1 However, access to transplantation is not equitable, with women being 10-20% less likely than men to start medical evaluation for transplantation once referred to a transplant center.2–4 Low provider awareness of gender disparities may perpetuate this unequal access, yet remains underexplored. Therefore, we aimed to assess staff awareness of gender disparities in transplant evaluation and its relationship to center-specific gender disparities in evaluation rates.
