To even have a chance at a kidney from a deceased donor - a lifesaving resource in limited supply - an ailing patient needs to get onto the waiting list. But a shrinking share of Americans undergoing dialysis have been getting that chance, national data show.
Their odds have been disturbingly shaped by race and income, researchers have found. And unlike many other steps in the transplant process, which are closely tracked and publicly reported, there is little information readily available about what is happening at each transplant center before a kidney patient is waitlisted - a vacuum that leaves patients and the public in the dark about those crucial decisions.
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