Kidney transplant Medicare payments and length of stay: Associations with comorbidities and organ quality

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-286

  Machnicki, Gerardo ^a   Lentine, Krista L ^a   Salvalaggio, Paolo R ^b   Burroughs, Thomas E ^a   Brennan, Daniel C ^c   Schnitzler, Mark A ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Kidney transplantation; Lenght of stay cost

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; PEPTIC ULCER; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79956352022     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.22079     Document Type: Article

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