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To date, differences in access to kidney transplantation among children who reside in rural and micropolitan areas of the US have not been explored.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A retrospective cohort study of children\u2009&lt;\u200918\u00a0years who developed kidney failure between 2000 and 2019 according to the United States Renal Data System (USRDS). We examined the association between rurality of patient residence and time to living and\/or deceased donor kidney transplantation (primary outcomes) and waitlist registration (secondary outcome) using Fine\u2013Gray models.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We included 18,530 children, of whom 14,175 (76.5%) received a kidney transplant (39.8% from a living and 60.2% from a deceased donor). Residence in micropolitan (subhazard ratio (SHR) 1.16; 95% CI 1.06\u20131.27) and rural (SHR 1.18; 95% CI 1.06\u20131.3) areas was associated with better access to living donor transplantation compared with residence in metropolitan areas. There was no statistically significant association between residence in micropolitan (SHR, 0.95; 95%CI 0.88\u20131.03) and rural (SHR, 0.94; 95%CI 0.86\u20131.03) areas compared with metropolitan areas in the access of children to deceased donor transplantation. There was also no difference in the time to waitlist registration comparing micropolitan (SHR 1.04; 95%CI 0.98\u20131.10) and rural (SHR 1.05; 95% CI 0.98\u20131.13) versus metropolitan areas.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In children with kidney failure, residence in rural and micropolitan areas was associated with better access to living donor transplantation and similar access to deceased donor transplantation compared with residence in metropolitan areas.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Graphical abstract<\/jats:title>\n                \n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00467-023-06148-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,28]],"date-time":"2023-09-28T12:01:56Z","timestamp":1695902516000},"page":"1239-1244","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Rurality of patient residence and access to transplantation among children with kidney failure in the United States"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"39","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5747-0474","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriela","family":"Accetta-Rojas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1279-6179","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Charles E.","family":"McCulloch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5792-6574","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adrian M.","family":"Whelan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3813-3576","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Timothy P.","family":"Copeland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Barbara A.","family":"Grimes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7774-2526","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elaine","family":"Ku","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"6148_CR1","unstructured":"United States Renal Data System (2022) USRDS annual data report: epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. 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