CMS oversight, OPOs and transplant centers and the law of unintended consequences

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 778-783

  Howard, Richard J ^a,b   Cornell, Danielle L ^a   Schold, Jesse D ^c  

^a LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance measures; Transplant ethics; Transplant outcomes; Transplant policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; CERTIFICATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; LAW; ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC REGISTRY OF TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149103009     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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