Cost of liver transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the United States with other OECD countries

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-22

  Van Der Hilst, Christian S ^a   IJtsma, Alexander J C ^a   Slooff, Maarten J H ^a   TenVergert, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost; Economic analysis; Liver transplantation; Meta analysis; Resource

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849115463     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558708324299     Document Type: Article

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