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Impact of Race-Free eGFR on Racial Disparity in Receiving Timely Outpatient Nephrology Care: an Observational Study

Racial Disparities in Outpatient Nephrology Care

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Rick Tuason for his assistance with data collection. We thank Jayne Rayman and Dr. Matthew Tews at IUSM-WL for their support of this research.

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  1. Indiana University School of Medicine – WL, West Lafayette, USA

    David J. Gunderman PhD, Gabrielle E. Fricker, Kasyap Kondury & Akram Al-Makki MD

  2. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Sharon M. Moe MD

  3. Indiana University Health Arnett, Lafayette, IN, USA

    Akram Al-Makki MD

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Gunderman, D.J., Fricker, G.E., Kondury, K. et al. Impact of Race-Free eGFR on Racial Disparity in Receiving Timely Outpatient Nephrology Care: an Observational Study. J GEN INTERN MED 38, 3648–3650 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08350-w

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