Developing Statistical Models to Assess Transplant Outcomes Using National Registries: The Process in the United States

Transplantation

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 288-294

  Snyder, Jon J ^a,b   Salkowski, Nicholas ^a   Kim, S Joseph ^c   Zaun, David ^a   Xiong, Hui ^a   Israni, Ajay K ^a,b,d   Kasiske, Bertram L ^a,d  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA PROCESSING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALGORITHM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957711000     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000891     Document Type: Review

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