Comparative survival and economic benefits of deceased donor kidney transplantation and dialysis in people with varying ages and Co-Morbidities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wong, Germaine ^a,b,c   Howard, Kirsten ^b   Chapman, Jeremy R ^c   Chadban, Steven ^d   Cross, Nicholas ^e   Tong, Allison ^a   Webster, Angela C ^a,b,c   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CADAVER KIDNEY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84855981923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029591     Document Type: Article

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