The societal impact of single versus bilateral lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1282-1288

  Munson, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Christie, Jason D ^c,d   Halpern, Scott D ^c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Lung transplantation; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIETY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MARKOV CHAINS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 82555196048     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201104-0695OC     Document Type: Article

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