Kidney donation and transplantation in Eurotransplant 2006-2007: Minimizing discard rates by using a rescue allocation policy

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-370

  Vinkers, Maurits T ^a   Smits, Jacqueline M ^a   Tieken, Ineke C ^a   De Boer, Jan ^a   Ysebaert, Dirk ^b   Rahmel, Axel O ^a  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DONOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77449095891     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480901900414     Document Type: Article

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