Center-specific graft and patient survival rates: 1997 United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) report

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1153-1160

  Lin, Hung Mo ^a,b   Kauffman, H Myron ^a   McBride, Maureen A ^a   Davies, Darcy B ^a   Rosendale, John D ^a   Smith, Carol M ^a   Edwards, Erick B ^a   Daily, O Patrick ^a   Kirklin, James ^c   Shield, Charles F ^d   Hunsicker, Lawrence G ^e  

^a UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Christi Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032494407     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.13.1153     Document Type: Article

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