Balancing organ quality, HLA-matching, and waiting times: Impact of a pediatric priority allocation policy for deceased donor kidneys in Quebec

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1411-1415

  Crafter, Samuel R ^a   Bell, Lorraine ^a   Foster, Bethany J ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation; Children; Immunologic; Nonimmunologic; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34250615062     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000266580.19614.f7     Document Type: Review

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