A web-based application for initial screening of living kidney donors: Development, implementation and evaluation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 450-457

  Moore, D R ^a,b   Feurer, I D ^a,b   Zavala, E Y ^a   Shaffer, D ^a   Karp, S ^a   Hoy, H ^a   Moore, D E ^a,b  

^a Vanderbilt University Transplant Center   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation; donation referral; Internet; live donor transplantation; resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

EID: 84873100246     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04340.x     Document Type: Article

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