Is renal transplantation the most cost-effective and preferable therapy for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease or not?

Health Policy

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-331

  Niakas, Dimitris ^a   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 60849127538     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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