Current status of transplantation and organ donation in the Balkans-could it be improved through the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) initiative?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1319-1323

  Spasovski, Goce ^a   Busic, Mirela ^b   Raley, Lydia ^b   Pipero, Pellumb ^c   Sarajlić, Lada ^d   Popović, Andreja Subotić ^e   Dzhaleva, Theodora ^f   Codreanu, Igor ^g   Ratković, Marina Mugosa ^h   Popescu, Irinel ⁱ   Lauević, Mirjana ^j,k   Avsec, Danica ^l   Ekberg, Henrik ^m   Ploeg, Rutger ⁿ   Delmonico, Francis ^o  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Croatia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Albania)

^d Ministry of Health   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f Ministry of Health Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^g Ministry of Health Transplant Agency   (Moldova)

^h Department of Nephrology   (Montenegro)

ⁱ Center for General Surgery and Liver Transplantation   (Romania)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^k CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^l Ministry of Health Slovenija Transplant   (Slovenia)

^m LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^o MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Balkans; deceased donation; kidney transplantation; SEEHN; transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EUROPE; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84859357963     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs071     Document Type: Article

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