Is living donor liver transplantation cost-effective?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Sagmeister, Markus ^a,b   Müllhaupt, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 20444440782     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.05.005     Document Type: Review

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