Influence on ICU course, outcome and costs for lung transplantation after implementation of the new Swiss transplantation law

Transplantation Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Klinzing, Stephanie ^a   Brandi, Giovanna ^a   Raptis, Dimitri A ^a   Wenger, Urs ^a   Weber, Denise ^a   Stehberger, Paul A ^a   Inci, Ilhan ^a   Béchir, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allocation system; ICU costs; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84988892425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20471440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-1440-3-9     Document Type: Article

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