A comparative study of resource use and costs of renal, liver and heart transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 437-443

  Oostenbrink, Jan B ^a   Kok, Esther T ^a   Verheul, Renate M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Economic evaluation; Heart transplantation; Liver transplantation; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 20444500606     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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