Do incentives matter? Providing benefits to families of organ donors

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2999-3008

  Bryce, C L ^a   Siminoff, L A ^b   Ubel, P A ^c   Nathan, H ^d   Caplan, A ^e   Arnold, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Gift of Life Donor Program   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit programs; Financial incentives; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; PILOT STUDY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; DONOR; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33644832953     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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