Quantifying organ donation rates by donation service area

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 4 II, 2005, Pages 958-966

  Ojo, Akinlolu O ^a   Pietroski, Richard E ^b   O'Connor, Kevin ^c   McGowan, Joshua J ^d   Dickinson, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Gift of Life Michigan   (United States)

^c New England Organ Bank   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Consent rates; Donation after cardiac death; Donation referral; Donation service areas; Expanded criteria donors; Notification rates; OPO certification; Organ donation rates; Organ procurement organizations; Potential donors

Indexed keywords

CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART DEATH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16244421370     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6135.2005.00838.x     Document Type: Review

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