Increased resource use in lung transplant admissions in the lung allocation score era

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 302-308

  Maxwell, Bryan G ^a   Mooney, Joshua J ^b   Lee, Peter H U ^c   Levitt, Joseph E ^b   Chhatwani, Laveena ^b   Nicolls, Mark R ^b   Zamora, Martin R ^d   Valentine, Vincent ^e   Weill, David ^b   Dhillon, Gundeep S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung allocation score; Lung transplant; Lung transplant cost; Nationwide Inpatient Sample; Solid organ transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOSTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84922324437     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1562OC     Document Type: Article

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