Utility of Ecological Risk Factors for Evaluation of Transplant Center Performance

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 617-621

  Schold, J D ^a,b   Phelan, M P ^a   Buccini, L D ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; editorial personal viewpoint; health services and outcomes research; income; organ transplantation in general; risk assessment risk stratification; Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR); social sciences; statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPLANT CENTER PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; EVALUATION STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995877439     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14074     Document Type: Article

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