Cadaveric versus living donor kidney transplantation: A medicare payment analysis

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 311-314

  Smith, Craig R ^a   Woodward, Robert S ^a   Cohen, David S ^a   Singer, Gary G ^a   Brennan, Daniel C ^a   Lowell, Jeffrey A ^a   Howard, Todd K ^a   Schnitzler, Mark A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER DONOR; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034719480     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200001270-00020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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