Financial outcomes in transplantation - A provider's perspective

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1257-1263

  Abecassis, M M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business of transplantation; Finance; Financial evaluation; Financial outcomes; Transplant center economics; Transplant profitability

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33745822474     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01329.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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