Cost-effectiveness of post-transplantation quality of life intervention among kidney recipients

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-414

  Chang, Cyril F ^a   Winsett, Rebecca P ^b   Gaber, A Osama ^b   Hathaway, Donna K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Incremental cost effectiveness ratio; Quality of life; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 4043089185     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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