Cost-effectiveness of a limited-donor blood program for neonatal red cell transfusions

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 938-943

  Hilsenrath, Peter ^a   Nemechek, J ^b   Widness, J A ^b   Cordle, D G ^b   Strauss, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIRUS INFECTION;

BLOOD DONORS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032821222     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39090938.x     Document Type: Article

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