Impact of the expanded criteria donor allocation system on candidates for and recipients of expanded criteria donor kidneys

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1138-1144

  Sung, Randall S ^a,d   Guidinger, Mary K ^b   Leichtman, Alan B ^a   Lake, Craig ^b   Metzger, Robert A ^c   Port, Friedrich K ^b   Merion, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^c FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanded criteria donors; Kidney transplantation; Organ allocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 36248963724     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000287118.76725.c1     Document Type: Article

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