Simulating the allocation of organs for transplantation

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-338

  Thompson, David ^a   Waisanen, Larry ^a   Wolfe, Robert ^b   Merion, Robert M ^c   Mccullough, Keith ^d   Rodgers, Ann ^d  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Univ Ren Res and Educ Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage liver disease; Liver transplant; Organ allocation; Organ distribution; Simulation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIMULATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844289598     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-004-7541-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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