Innovations in the assessment of transplant center performance: Implications for quality improvement

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 4 PART 2, 2009, Pages 959-969

  Axelrod, D A ^a   Kalbfleisch, J D ^b,c   Sun, R J ^b,c   Guidinger, M K ^c,d   Biswas, P ^e   Levine, G N ^c,d   Arrington, C J ^c,d   Merion, R M ^c,f  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients   (United States)

^d ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality assessment; Risk assessment modeling; SRTR OPTN; Statistical methodology

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449083629     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02570.x     Document Type: Review

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