Effects of the 2006 U.S. thoracic organ allocation change: Analysis of local impact on organ procurement and heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-239

  Nativi, Jose N ^a,b   Kfoury, Abdallah G ^a,c   Myrick, Craig ^d   Peters, Melissa ^d   Renlund, Dale ^a,b,c   Gilbert, Edward M ^a,b,e   Bader, Feras ^a,b,e   Singhal, Arun K ^a,b   Everitt, Melanie ^a,f   Fisher, Patrick ^a,c   Bull, David A ^a,b,e   Selzman, Craig ^a,b   Stehlik, Josef ^a,b,e  

^a Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals (UTAH) Cardiac Transplant Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Intermountain Donor Services   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

heart transplantation; organ donation; organ procurement; transplant waiting list; waiting list mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77349085756     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.05.036     Document Type: Article

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