Early experience with the new kidney allocation system: A perspective from UNOS

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2063-2065

  Stewart, Darren E ^a   Klassen, David K ^a  

^a UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; Tissue and organ procurement; Tissue donors; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; CADAVER KIDNEY; DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; HEALTH EQUITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UTILIZATION;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 85037742503     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.06380617     Document Type: Article

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