Contracting and reimbursement in transplantation

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 51-64

  Jabbour, Nicolas ^a   Singhal, Ashish ^a   Bag, Remzi ^a   Abouljoud, Marwan S ^b  

^a INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute   (United States)

^b Henry Ford Heart/Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of excellence; Contracting; Financial outcomes; Global case rate; MELD score; Organ acquisition costs; Reimbursement; Transplant center economics

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; CONTRACT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PURCHASING; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SURGEON;

EID: 77953778225     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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