Access to transplantation and transplant outcome measures (ATTOM): Study protocol of a UK wide, in-depth, prospective cohort analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Oniscu, Gabriel C ^a   Ravanan, Rommel ^b   Wu, Diana ^a   Gibbons, Andrea ^c   Li, Bernadette ^d   Tomson, Charles ^e   Forsythe, John L ^a   Bradley, Clare ^c   Cairns, John ^d   Dudley, Christopher ^b   Watson, Christopher J E ^f   Bolton, Eleanor M ^f   Draper, Heather ^g   Robb, Matthew ^h   Bradbury, Lisa ^h   Pruthi, Rishi ⁱ   Metcalfe, Wendy ^a   Fogarty, Damian ⁱ   Roderick, Paul ^j   Bradley, J Andrew ^f  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UK RENAL REGISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SATISFACTION; STAFF; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960441641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010377     Document Type: Article

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