Face transplantation program in France: A cost analysis of five patients

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1166-1172

  Rüegg, Eva Meia ^a   Hivelin, Mikael ^a   Hemery, François ^a   MacIver, Colin ^a   Benjoar, Marc David ^a   Meningaud, Jean Paul ^a   Lantieri, Laurent ^a,b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allotransplantation; Cost analysis; Economic outcome; Face transplantation; Financial aspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FACE DEFORMITY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BURNS; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FRANCE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862279287     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31824e75fa     Document Type: Article

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