Temporal trends in lung transplant center volume and outcomes in the United States

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-643

  Scarborough, John E ^a   Bennett, Kyla M ^a   Davis, Robert D ^a   Lin, Shu S ^a   Tracy, Elizabeth T ^a   Kuo, Paul C ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Center volume; Health policy; Lung transplantation; Outcomes; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949895892     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181ceecf7     Document Type: Review

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