Reimbursement for living kidney donor follow-up care: How often does donor insurance pay?

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1049-1051

  Kher, Ajay ^a   Rodrigue, James ^a   Ajaimy, Maria ^a   Wasilewski, Marcy ^a   Ladin, Keren ^a   Mandelbrot, Didier ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84870251746     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31826cc9a1     Document Type: Article

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