Discount pricing and the 'cost' of liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-121

  Souto, Enrico ^a   Gores, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL FEE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034051740     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500060121     Document Type: Note

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