2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation and Cost Burden of Inappropriately Drawn Immunosuppression Trough Levels in the Acute Care Setting at an Academic Medical Center
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Trough drug levels in narrow therapeutic index medications, such as CNI and mTOR inhibitors are used to estimate total drug exposure. Inappropriately measured trough levels…2018 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Cost of Death and Graft Failure across All Solid Organs
1St. Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO; 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN; 3Lahey Hosp & Med Ctr, Burlington, VT.
Medicare costs for transplant vary considerably by organ, and costs in the second posttransplant year (Y2) are lower than in the first (Y1). Variability in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Overcoming Barriers to Transplant: An A2 to B Program Need Not Be Difficult, Expensive, or Time Consuming Even for Large Centers
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Introduction. Since the implementation of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) few centers have implemented the use of A2 donor kidneys into B recipients. Centers…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cost Effectiveness of Lifelong Medicare Immunosuppressant Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Current Era
While there is no Medicare time limit for dialysis patients, kidney transplant recipients lose their Medicare coverage 36 months after they receive their transplant. The…2018 American Transplant Congress
Treatment Patterns and Burden among Chronic Graft versus Host Disease Patients on Second-Line Systemic Treatments Including Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) is a cell-based immunomodulatory therapeutic procedure reimbursable by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for patients with chronic Graft versus Host…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Living Donor Lost Wages Trial: Study Rationale, Protocol, and Update
Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the optimal treatment for adults with renal failure. However, living kidney donation has declined in the past decade, particularly…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Financial Well-Being of Living Kidney Donor Candidates
Despite the known benefits of living donor kidney transplantation, the rate of living kidney donation in Canada has not increased. Potential reasons include the lack…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cost Impacts of Alternative Kidney Transplant Immunosuppression: A National Cohort Study
Economic outcomes are increasingly considered along with clinical efficacy to guide choice of alternative therapies. We examined the cost impact of kidney transplant (KTx) induction…2018 American Transplant Congress
Occupational and Financial Outcomes of Directed and Non-Directed Living Liver Donors
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Few transplant centers accept directed and non-directed living liver donors. The aims of this study were to compare the occupational and financial outcomes of…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Cost Savings of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: Preemptive kidney transplantation (PreKTx) is associated with improved patient survival and quality of life. The goal of this study was to compare the costs…
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