Making dollars and sense out of liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1159-1161

  Abecassis, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350556861     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21851     Document Type: Editorial

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