Articles tagged "Economics"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Cost Effectiveness of Lifelong Medicare Immunosuppressant Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Current Era
M. Kadatz,¹ J. Gill,² J. Gill,² K. Scott.³
¹Clinician Investigator Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ³Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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
X. Huang,² N. Joshi,¹ L. Luo,¹ G. Mitri,³ B. Lovelace,² A. Pham,³ X. Gao.¹
¹Pharmerit International, Bethesda, MD; ²Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bedminster, NJ; ³Formerly of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bedminster, NJ.
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
J. Rodrigue,¹ M. Pavlakis,¹ A. Evenson,¹ A. Fleishman,¹ M. Carroll,¹ D. Mandelbrot,² P. Baliga,³ D. Howard,⁴ J. Schold.⁵
¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
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
S. Singh,^1,2 G. Bannerman,² A. Yantsis,² M. Liu,² F. Gumabay,² O. Famure.²
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology and the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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
K. Lentine,¹ D. Axelrod,² V. Dharnidharka,³ H. Xiao,¹ D. Brennan,⁴ D. Segev,⁴ H. Randall,¹ R. Ouseph,¹ A. Naik,⁵ N. Lam,⁶ T. Alhamad,³ B. Kasiske,⁷ G. Hess,⁸ M. Schnitzler.¹
¹Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; ²Lahey Clinic, Burlington; ³Washington Univ, St. Louis; ⁴Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ⁵Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁷Hennepin County, Minneapolis; ⁸Symphony Health, Conshohocken.
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
J. Steel, M. Dulovich, K. Kingsley, S. Ganesh, O. Ola, A. Lai, S. Shen, N. Zharichenko, S. Nawaz, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar.
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
P. Dean,¹ H. Heien,² K. Swanson,² B. Borah,² L. Sangaralingham,² J. Naessens,² M. Stegall.¹
¹Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MD.
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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Living Liver Donors Face Substantial Out-of-Pocket Donation-Related Costs
J. Ruck, A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang, S. Ottman, A. Cameron, B. Philosophe, D. Segev.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
While financial barriers to living kidney donation have been recognized, and the associated costs have been characterized limited data exist on the costs incurred by…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalization, Dialysis Center Type, and Disparities in ESRD Survival and Waitlist Access
R. Lynch, R. Zhang, A. Adams, R. Patzer.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Background: Excess hospitalization has been shown to reduce kidney transplant waitlist survival and likelihood of transplant. We studied hospitalization as a predictor of waitlist access…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of Testing Standardization for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Ugolini,² L. Dranow,¹ P. Sadler,² M. Berry,² J. Stehlik,¹ S. Drakos,¹ J. Nativi,¹ E. Gilbert,¹ S. McKeller,¹ A. Koliopoulou,¹ M. Yin,¹ E. Davis,² C. Selzman,¹ O. Wever-Pinzon.¹
¹Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT; ²Transplant Service Line, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT.
Background: Infection and bone marrow suppression surveillance is common practice in transplant recipients. Ordering of inappropriate lab tests can lead to repetitive blood draws, higher…