Can we match donors and recipients in a cost-effective way?

Transplant International

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1061-1062

  Avolio, Alfonso W ^a   Burra, Patrizia ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGORITHM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; DONOR; ECONOMICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84886861287     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12189     Document Type: Note

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