Managing finances of shipping living donor kidneys for donor exchanges

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1810-1814

  Mast, D A ^a   Vaughan, W ^d   Busque, S ^b   Veale, J L ^c   Roberts, J P ^e   Straube, B M ^f   Flores, N ^g   Canari, C ^e   Levy, E ^e   Tietjen, A ^h   Hil, G ⁱ   Melcher, M L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Health Systems Concepts Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^g UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ National Kidney Registry Babylon   (United States)

Author keywords

CMS; financial analysis; live donor transplantation; paired donation; paired exchanges; standard acquisition charge; UNOS

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL FEE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIPPING;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 81155159654     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03690.x     Document Type: Review

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