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Articles tagged "Economics"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Financial Concerns of Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors – How Can We Improve the Donation Process?

    A. Maghen1, G. Mendoza1, G. B. Vargas1, S. E. Connor1, S. Nassiri1, L. Kwan1, E. L. Wood1, J. Lalezari1, S. Friedman1, A. D. Waterman2, S. George3, S. L. Maliski4, J. L. Veale1

    1Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 3Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, 4Office of the Dean, University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS

    *Purpose: The recent increase in non-directed (altruistic) kidney donors (NDDs) in the United States (U.S.) suggests their potential to help reduce the overburdened kidney transplant…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Telehealth Medicine: A Novel Tool to Make Living Donation Simple and Financially Neutral

    A. Yadav, M. Cantarin Martinez, P. Singh

    Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Live kidney donation can be an overwhelming process even for the highly motivated individuals. Live donors may have to spend up to $5000 for…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Association between Area-Level Measures of Deprivation and Readiness to Pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant

    M. A. Saqib, A. Li, J. Hussain, Q. Wang, N. El-Dassouki, A. Dychiao, L. Angarso, N. Edwards, M. Novak, I. Mucsi

    University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: This study aims to assess if material deprivation is associated with readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant (LDKT)*Methods: A cross-sectional sample of adults…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Importance of Annual Medicare Part D Plan Evaluation in Heart Transplantation

    L. M. Lourenco

    Pharmacy Services, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The Medicare open enrollment period is from Oct 15 to Dec 7, annually. The purpose of this project was to objectively measure the benefit…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Review of Adult Kidney Transplant Medicare Cost Report Reimbursement in U. S. Transplant Hospitals

    E. Zavala1, J. Rogers2, S. Karp1

    1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2Transplant Management Group, San Diego, CA

    *Purpose: Medicare organ acquisition reimbursement (MOAR) from the Medicare Cost Report (MCR) includes but is not limited to costs associated with candidate evaluation, maintenance on…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The 1-Year Incremental Costs of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Commercially Insured Kidney Transplant Patients Under 65

    T. Mayne1, F. Corvino2, A. Dillon2, W. Wang2, S. Mohan3

    1Angion Biomedica Corp, San Francisco, CA, 2Genesis Research, Hoboken, NJ, 3Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Strong evidence exists that DGF is associated with poor patient outcomes. The long-term impact of DGF on health resource use and cost, however, is…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Economic Impact of National Standardization of Virtual Crossmatch Usage in Kidney Transplantation

    J. E. Stanton1, L. M. Rebellato2, H. Pournik1, J. E. Tuttle-Newhall1, H. Jones1, W. Irish1, D. B. Leeser1

    1Department of Surgery, East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, 2Department of Pathology, East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

    *Purpose: The implementation of virtual crossmatching (VXM) into conventional protocols may reduce expenditures associated with organ allocation.*Methods: A single center retrospective analysis of the total…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Potential Cost-Savings Associated with ANG-3777 for the Treatment of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation

    M. Cooper1, T. Mayne2, T. Kauf3, M. Gargano3, K. Freemyer3

    1Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, 2Angion Biomedica Corp, San Francisco, CA, 3Genesis Research, Hoboken, NJ

    *Purpose: We created a medical cost offset model based upon the results of a Phase 2, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of ANG-3777, a hepatocyte growth…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Financial Feasibility of a Culturally Competent and Linguistically Congruent Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program

    E. Gordon1, A. Wang1, G. McNatt1, M. Abecassis2, J. Caicedo1

    1Northwestern U Feinberg Sch of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ

    *Purpose: Relative to their representation on the waitlist, Hispanics/Latinos received significantly fewer LDKTs than non-Hispanic Whites in 2018: 5.0% versus 12.2%. In 2006, Northwestern Medicine…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of the Economic Impact of a New IVD Immunoassay (Immunobiogram) for Immunosuppressive Treatment Adjustment in Kidney Transplant Recipients in Spain

    C. Rubio1, C. Jiménez2, M. Crespo3, J. Portolés4, D. Rubio1, T. Diez5, I. Portero5

    1Health Value, Madrid, Spain, 2La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 3Consorci Mar Parc de Salut, Barcelona, Spain, 4Puerta de Hierro Mahadahonda Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 5Biohope Scientific Solutions for Human Health SL, Madrid, Spain

    *Purpose: Immunobiogram (IMBG) is a new IVD bioassay developed by Biohope SL with the aim to support clinicians in the personalized adjustment of immunosuppressive therapy…
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