Liver transplantation cost in the model for end-stage liver disease era: Looking beyond the transplant admission

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1270-1277

  Buchanan, Paula ^a   Dzebisashvili, Nino ^a   Lentine, Krista L ^a   Axelrod, David A ^a,b   Schnitzler, Mark A ^a   Salvalaggio, Paolo R ^a,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REGISTER;

EID: 70350545508     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21802     Document Type: Article

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