Measuring What Matters

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3315-3317

  Axelrod, D A ^a   Schold, J ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

business management; editorial personal viewpoint; ethics and public policy; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN); organ transplantation in general; quality of care care delivery; registry registry analysis; risk assessment risk stratification; Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR)

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DONOR; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; ETHICS; HUMAN TISSUE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991260565     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14043     Document Type: Editorial

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