Deciding eligibility for transplantation when a donor kidney becomes available

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-170

  Hornberger, John ^a   Ahn, Jae Hyeon ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

decision analyses; health services research; rationing; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0030914251     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9701700206     Document Type: Article

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