Attaining specific donor management goals increases number of organs transplanted per donor: A quality improvement project

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Hagan, Michael E ^a   McClean, Daniel ^a   Falcone, Cassandra ^c   Arrington, Jeffrey ^d   Matthews, Donna ^b,e   Summe, Carrie ^f  

^a Gift of Life Michigan   (United States)

^b Indiana Organ Procurement Organization   (United States)

^c LifeBanc   (United States)

^d Life Connection of Ohio   (United States)

^e Lifeline of Ohio   (United States)

^f LifeCenter Organ Donor Network   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

CONSENSUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 73349132066     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.19.3.wq3w28052k5q6334     Document Type: Article

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