Financial rewards for organ donation: Are we getting closer?

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-307

  Monaco, Anthony ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING DONOR; MASS MEDIUM; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REIMBURSEMENT; REWARD; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548494611     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737167.7.4.303     Document Type: Editorial

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