Insurability of living organ donors: A systematic review

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1542-1551

  Yang, R C ^a   Thiessen Philbrook, H ^a   Klarenbach, S ^b,c   Vlaicu, S ^a   Garg, A X ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability MeSH ; Health MeSH ; Insurability Textword ; Insurance; Kidney transplantation MeSH ; Life MeSH ; Liver transplantation MeSH ; Living Donors MeSH ; Lung transplantation MeSH ; Premium Textword ; Systematic review MeSH

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSURANCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDLINE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CANADA; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, LIFE; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 34248682421     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01793.x     Document Type: Review

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