Reducing the length of stay after kidney transplantation - The intensive outpatient unit

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 482-485

  Shapiro, Ron ^a,d   Jordan, Mark L ^b   Scantlebury, Velma P ^a   Vivas, Carlos ^b   Gritsch, H Albin ^b   Fox Hawranko, Lisa ^a   Doyle, Howard R ^c   Johnson, Lee Brun ^a   Fenton, Regina ^a   Painter, Lisa ^a   Keefer Wolf, Kristine ^a   Redman, Charleeda ^a   McCauley, Jerry ^a   Fung, John J ^a   Hakala, Thomas R ^b   Starzl, Thomas E ^a   Simmons, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Urologic Surgery   (United States)

^c Division of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^d Div of General and Vascular Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Kidney transplantation; Length of stay; Outpatient unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COST SAVINGS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY;

EID: 7344233080     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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