Association of Candidate Removals from the Kidney Transplant Waiting List and Center Performance Oversight

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1276-1284

  Schold, J D ^a,b   Buccini, L D ^a,b   Poggio, E D ^a,b   Flechner, S M ^a,b   Goldfarb, D A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGICENTERS; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954306233     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13594     Document Type: Article

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