Disparities in policies, practices and rates of pediatric kidney transplantation in Europe

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2066-2074

  Harambat, J ^a,b   Van Stralen, K J ^a   Schaefer, F ^c   Grenda, R ^d   Jankauskiene, A ^e   Kostic, M ^f   MacHer, M A ^g   Maxwell, H ^h   Puretic, Z ⁱ   Raes, A ^j   Rubik, J ^d   Sorensen S S ^k   Toots, U ^l   Topaloglu, R ^m   Tonshoff B ^c   Verrina, E ⁿ   Jager, K J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^g Chargé de Projet Éducation   (France)

^h ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^k Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^l Lastehaigla Children's Hospital   (Estonia)

^m HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Children; health policy; kidney transplantation; organ allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELARUS; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CHILD; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LITHUANIA; LIVING DONOR; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SERBIA; SLOVAKIA; SWEDEN; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILDREN; HEALTH POLICY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN ALLOCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881370955     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12288     Document Type: Article

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