The impact of presumed consent laws and institutions on deceased organ donation

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Bilgel, Firat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deceased organ donation; Fixed effects vector decomposition; Legislative defaults; Role of institutions; Role of the family

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PRESUMED CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84858703652     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0277-8     Document Type: Article

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