Application of the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to Evaluate an Information System for Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation in Adult Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2021-2023

  Santori, G ^a   Fontana, I ^a   Valente, R ^a   Ghirelli, R ^a   Valente, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GRAFT RECIPIENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOS ANGELES; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 48049124803     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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