Abstract
Kidney transplant outcomes that vary by program or geopolitical unit may result from variability in practice patterns or health care delivery systems. In this collaborative study, we compared kidney graft outcomes among 4 countries (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand) on 3 continents. We analyzed transplant and follow-up registry data from 1988-2014 for 379 257 recipients of first kidney-only transplants using Cox regression. Compared to the United States, 1-year adjusted graft failure risk was significantly higher in the United Kingdom (hazard ratio [HR] 1.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18-1.26, P
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Merion, R. M., Goodrich, N. P., Johnson, R. J., McDonald, S. P., Russ, G. R., Gillespie, B. W., & Collett, D. (2018). Kidney transplant graft outcomes in 379 257 recipients on 3 continents. American Journal of Transplantation, 18(8), 1914–1923. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.14694
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