Regulatory oversight in transplantation: Are the patients really better off?

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-209

  Hamilton, Thomas E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services; Outcomes; Regulation; Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875396971     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32835f3fb4     Document Type: Review

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