Illegal aliens are not entitled to federally funded organ transplants

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Friedman, Amy L ^a   Friedman, Eli A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLITICS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846261572     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000247806.81033.fc     Document Type: Note

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