The cost-effectiveness of using payment to increase living donor kidneys for transplantation

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2165-2173

  Barnieh, Lianne ^a   Gill, John S ^c   Klarenbach, Scott ^d,e   Manns, Braden J ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Alberta Kidney Disease Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PAYMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889818142     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03350313     Document Type: Article

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