Report of a consensus conference on transplant program quality and surveillance

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1988-1996

  Kasiske, B L ^a,b   McBride, M A ^c   Cornell, D L ^d   Gaston, R S ^e   Henry, M L ^f   Irwin, F D ^g   Israni, A K ^a,b,h   Metzler, N W ⁱ   Murphy, K W ^j   Reed, A I ^k   Roberts, J P ^l   Salkowski, N ^b   Snyder, J J ^b,h   Sweet, S C ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^d LifeQuest   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OPTUM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j University of California at San Francisco ^*

^k UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

OPTN; Program specific reports; SRTR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864437577     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04130.x     Document Type: Article

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