Cost-utility of living donor liver transplantation in a single Japanese center

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 70, 2006, Pages 588-591

  Ishida, Kozo ^a   Imai, Hirohisa ^a   Ogasawara, Katsuhiko ^a   Hagiwara, Kuniko ^a   Todo, Satoru ^a   Furukawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujita, Hiroyoshi ^a   Sakurai, Tsunetaro ^a   Tamashiro, Hiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost utility analysis; EQ 5D; Living donor liver transplantation; QALY

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748641427     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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