Rationing lung transplants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2064-2066

  Egan, Thomas M ^a   Sweet, Stuart C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DONOR SELECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATCHFUL WAITING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84889762729     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1311946     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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2. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Policy OPTN. 3.7: allocation of thoracic organs. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services (http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/PoliciesandBylaws2/policies/pdfs/ policy-9.pdf).
3. Egan TM, Murray S, Bustami RT, et al. Development of the new lung allocation system in the United States. Am J Transplant 2006;6:1212-27.
4. Lung allocation policy review from the Executive Committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and United Network for Organ Sharing. June 10, 2013 (http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/ContentDocuments/OPTN-Exec-Comm- mtng-materials-06-10-13.pdf).