Reimbursing living organ donors for incurred costs [1]

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1308-

  Klarenbach, Scott ^a,b   Vlaicu, Sorina ^c   Garg, Amit X ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247329547     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01682.x     Document Type: Letter

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