Public survey of financial incentives for kidney donation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1039-1042

  Kranenburg, Leonieke ^a   Schram, Andre ^a   Zuidema, Willij ^a   Weimar, Wilem ^a   Hilhorst, Medard ^a   Hessing, Ellen ^b   Passchier, Jan ^a   Busschbach, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNS NIPO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economics; Ethics; Financial incentives; Living kidney donation; Paid donation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MONEY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REWARD; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 42449099000     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm643     Document Type: Article

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