A step toward solving the long-term care dilemma for living kidney donors

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 988-989

  Friedman, Amy L ^a   Friedman, Eli A ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor; Follow up; Insurance; Kidney; Living; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE;

EID: 84870250323     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318271921f     Document Type: Review

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