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Articles tagged "Economics"

  • 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…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Incremental of Cost of Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplant: A National Cohort Analysis.

    D. Axelrod,1 K. Lentine,2 M. Schnitzler,2 H. Xiao,2 X. Lou,3 B. Orandi,3 J. Garonzik Wang,3 A. Massie,3 D. Segev.3

    1Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; 2Transplant, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; 3Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    Incompatible living donor kidney transplant (ILDKT) has been established as an effective option for patients with willing but human leukocyte antigen incompatible live donors, reducing…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Economics Post Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Budget Control Act Sequestration Adjustment on Medicare Reimbursement.

    E. Zavala,1 J. Rogers,2 R. Howey,3 S. Karp.1

    1VUMC, Nashville; 2Tx Mgmt Group, San Diego; 3Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville

    Purpose: Adjustments in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 and sequestration from the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 have impacted Medicare reimbursement for…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Waitlist Management: The Readiness Model of Predicting Transplants Under the Kidney Allocation System.

    N. Elias, B. Kimball, L. Walsh, D. Wojciechowski, J. Markmann, E. Heher.

    Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Based on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data, between 2001 and 2016 the national kidney wait-list has grown from 51,271 to 100,791 (97%). At…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Increasing Organ Supply in the US: A Systematic Review of Presumed Consent vs. Informed Consent (2006-2016).

    M. Ahmad,1 A. Hanna,1 A. Mohamed,1,2 R. Mhaskar,1 T. Jarmi,1,3 A. Schlindwein,4 C. Pley,4 I. Bahner.1

    1University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL; 2Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL; 3Transplant & Specialty Services, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL; 4University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Purpose: Literature was systematically reviewed from 2006 to 2016 to assess the effectiveness of presumed consent vs. informed consent on increasing the deceased donor organ…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Global Kidney Exchange.

    M. Rees,1 T. Dunn,2 S. Rees,3 J. Rogers,4 A. Roth,5 C. Kuhr,6 O. Ekwenna,1 K. Krawiec,7 S. Jain,1 C. Marsh,8 P. Sindhwani,1 M. Zimmerman,9 R. Forbes,10 M. Tan,11 I. Ashlagi,5 R. Correa-Rotter,12 S. Paloyo.13

    1U Toledo, Toledo, OH; 2U Minn, Minneapolis, MN; 3APD, Perrysburg, OH; 4Wake Forrest U, Winston Salem, NC; 5Stanford U, Palo Alto, CA; 6Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA; 7Duke U, Durham, NC; 8Scripps Green Hosp, La Jolla, CA; 9Froedtert Hosp, Milwaukee, WI; 10Vanderbilt U, Nashville, TN; 11Piedmont Hosp, Atlanta, GA; 12INCMNSZ, Mexico City, Mexico; 13St Luke's Hosp, Manila, Philippines

    Introduction: Innovative solutions are required to overcome the organ shortage.Methods: The cost differential between dialysis and transplantation in some countries allows the exchange of kidneys…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    A Cost Comparison for Telehealth Utilization in the Kidney Transplant Waitlist Evaluation Process at a VA Center.

    R. Forbes, D. Rybacki, T. Johnson, D. Shaffer, D. Hale.

    Renal Transplantation, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, U.S. Dept Veterans Affairs, Nashville

    Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made efforts to improve access by increasing telehealth utilization. There have been limited publications on telehealth in…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Cost-Effectiveness of Renal Machine Perfusion Use After Long Cold Ischemia Time.

    A. Matos,1 D. Malheiro,3 S. Morgado,1 L. Requi[acirc]o-Moura,1 M. Souza-Durão,1,2 E. Tonato,1 M. Nogueira,1 M. Borrelli,1 A. Pacheco-Silva.1,2

    1Renal Transplant, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil; 2Nephrology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 3Health Economics Department, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

    High cold ischemia time (CIT) and inadequate care of donors in Brazil lead to a high incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), 60%-70%, and as…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Comparing the Role of Post-Transplant Readmissions and Bed Days on Total One Year Cost of Care.

    W. Bannister,1 M. Schnitzler,2 J. Tao,1 A. Bonagura,1 B. Laihinen,1 F. Irwin,1 C. Horstman.1

    1Complex Medical Conditions, Optum, UnitedHealth Group, Eden Prairie, MN; 2Surgery, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

    This study examines the marginal impact of readmissions and total bed days during the 90-day period following transplant in order to better understand drivers of…
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