Outcome of kidney transplantation using expanded criteria donors and donation after cardiac death kidneys: Realities and costs

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2769-2774

  Saidi, R F ^a   Elias, N ^a   Kawai, T ^a   Hertl, M ^a   Farrell, M L ^a   Goes, N ^a   Wong, W ^a   Hartono, C ^a   Fishman, J A ^a   Kotton, C N ^a   Tolkoff Rubin, N ^a   Delmonico, F L ^a   Cosimi, A B ^a   Ko, D S C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial analysis; Kidney transplantation; Outcomes; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; FAMCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CADAVER KIDNEY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DIALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748945714     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01993.x     Document Type: Article

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