Call to develop a standard acquisition charge model for kidney paired donation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1392-1397

  Rees, M A ^a,b   Schnitzler, M A ^c   Zavala, E Y ^d   Cutler, J A ^e   Roth, A E ^f   Irwin, F D ^g   Crawford, S W ^h   Leichtman, A B ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Alliance for Paired Donation   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Southwest Transplant Alliance   (United States)

^f HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^g OPTUM   (United States)

^h Cigna   (United States)

ⁱ Division of Nephrology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; demonstration project; donor evaluation; economic analysis; Medicare; transplant finances

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP TYPING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TISSUE TYPING; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84861822781     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04034.x     Document Type: Review

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