A cost-minimization analysis of tissue-engineered constructs for corneal endothelial transplantation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Tien En ^a,b   Peh, Gary S L ^c   George, Benjamin L ^c   Cajucom Uy, Howard Y ^d   Dong, Di ^e   Finkelstein, Eric A ^e,f   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^b,c,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d World Bank Group Singapore Office Marina Bay Financial Center   (Singapore)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^f Lien Centre for Palliative Care   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYEBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVESTMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLINDNESS; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL DISEASES; COST; DONOR; ECONOMICS; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

BLINDNESS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84903384874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100563     Document Type: Article

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