Organ Allocation and the Secretary Problem

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-232

  Paltiel, A David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0031116452     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9701700215     Document Type: Editorial

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