Financial implications of surgical complications in pediatric liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Ammori, John B ^b   Pelletier, Shawn J ^b   Mathur, Amit ^b   Cohn, Joshua ^b   Ads, Yasser ^b   Campbell, Darrell A ^b   Magee, John C ^b   Englesbe, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Quality improvement; Transplant finances

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFIT; RECIPIENT; REIMBURSEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40149108620     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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