Erratum to: Potential implications of recent and proposed changes in the regulatory oversight of solid organ transplantation in the United States (Am J Transplant (2016), 16, 3371-3377, 10.1111/ajt.13955);Potential Implications of Recent and Proposed Changes in the Regulatory Oversight of Solid Organ Transplantation in the United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3371-3377

  Kasiske, B L ^a,b   Salkowski, N ^a   Wey, A ^a   Israni, A K ^a,b,c   Snyder, J J ^a,c  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

editorial personal viewpoint; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN); organ transplantation in general; Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLICY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REGISTER; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HUMANS; MEDICARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994443200     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14168     Document Type: Erratum

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