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Articles tagged "Economics"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Economic and Clinical Benefit of Cmv Matching in Kidney Transplantation

    D. Axelrod1, S. Chang2, A. Olyaei3, D. Malinoski3, D. Norman3, K. Lentine4, M. Schnitzler4, D. Segev5, J. Lockridge3

    1Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2Washington Univ, Seattle, WA, 3Oregon Health Sciences Univ, Portland, OR, 4Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, 5Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Recently, kidney transplant (KTx) centers in Oregon collaborated to preferentially allocate cytomegalovirus-seronegative (CMV D-) kidneys to seronegative recipients (CMV R-), successfully reducing high-risk CMV…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Healthcare Disparities Amongst Dialysis Patients in North Carolina: Decreased Access to Transplant in Lowest Health Rank Counties

    D. Leto1, W. Irish2, C. Haisch2, B. Tuttle2, D. Leeser2

    1Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

    *Purpose: This study measured healthcare disparities amongst the counties in North Carolina with the best compared with counties with the worst healthcare outcomes, specifically the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Unintended Financial Consequences of Acuity Circles for Liver Allocation – Two-fold Increase in Import Fees and Higher Organ Acquisition Cost Despite Unchanged Travel Patterns

    A. Wall, S. Asrani, G. McKenna, E. Martinez, R. Ruiz, H. Fernandez, J. Bayer, A. Gupta, N. Onaca, R. Goldstein, J. Trotter, G. Testa

    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: The recent initiation of acuity circles (AC) as the basis for liver allocation is associated with broader sharing and potentially greater travel and increased…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Trends of Kidney Transplant Volume During Covid-19 Era

    G. Rajashekar1, S. Chang1, K. Lentine2, J. Wellen1, T. Alhamad1, M. Merzkani1, H. Murad1

    1Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint louis, MO, 2Nephrology, SSM Saint Louis University, Saint louis, MO

    *Purpose: The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the clinical syndrome of COVID-19 have significantly disrupted routine healthcare and life-saving procedures, including solid organ transplantation. This resulted…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    A Machine Learning-Based Predictive Model for Outcome of Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    I. Revuelta1, F. Santos-Arteaga2, D. Di Caprio3, E. Montagud-Marrahi1, F. Cofan1, J. Torregrosa1, M. Bodro4, A. Moreno4, P. Ventura-Aguiar1, D. Cucchiari1, N. Esforzado1, G. Piñeiro1, J. Ugalde-Altamirano1, J. Campistol1, A. Alcaraz5, B. Bayès1, E. Poch1, F. Oppenheimer1, F. Diekmann1

    1Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 2Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 3Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, 4Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 5Department of Urology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

    *Purpose: Health systems need tools to deal with COVID-19, especially for high-risk population,such as transplant recipients. Predictive models are necessary to improve management of patients…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Economic Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Medication Safety Intervention: Report from the Transafe Rx Randomized Controlled Trial

    D. Taber, J. Fleming, Z. Su, P. Mauldin, M. Gebregziabher

    Med Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: We have previously demonstrated the efficacy of a pharmacist-led, mHealth intervention on reducing medication errors and adverse events leading to reduce hospitalizations in kidney…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Managing the Costs of Routine Follow-up Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Survey of Contemporary Experience, Practice & Challenges

    K. Lentine1, G. McNatt2, R. Howey3, C. Thomas2, R. Hays4, U. Lebron-Banks5, S. Ainapurapu1, A. Tietjen6

    1Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 2Univ. Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 3Toyon Associates, Concord, CA, 4Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 5New York-Presbyterian Hosp., New York, NY, 6St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ

    *Purpose: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Policy mandates that living kidney donor (LKD) programs collect and report clinical and laboratory follow-up information for living…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Intersection of Cost, Quality, and Volume in Liver Transplant

    D. Axelrod1, R. Balakrishnan1, A. Harris2, S. Hohmann2, J. Snyder3, B. Kasiske3, M. Schnitzler4, K. Lentine4

    1Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2Vizient Inc., Irving, TX, 3SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 4Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO

    *Purpose: As a consequence of changing allocation practices and the ongoing shortage of high-quality organs, the cost of liver transplant (LT) continues to increase throughout…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Value of a Personal Systems Approach in Improving Medication Adherence in Adult Kidney Transplant Patients: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of the MAGIC Randomized Clinical Trial

    M. R. Wakefield1, M. Whittington2, C. Ashbaugh3, L. M. Remy4, D. Aholt4, C. Miller4, D. Hathaway5, D. Clark5, K. Goggin5, R. J. Ellis6, C. L. Russell4

    1Surgery/Urology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 2University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 3University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, MO, 4University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 5Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 6Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: The objective of this evaluation was to estimate the cost of implementation and the cost-effectiveness of a person-level intervention called SystemCHANGETM .*Methods: To estimate…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Novel Coronavirus 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Yet Again, Race and Payor Status Matters

    C. Huang1, M. Hemmersbach-Miller1, M. Goss2, N. Moreno3, A. Rana1, J. Goss1, N. Galvan1

    1General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2General Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 3General Surgery, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: By the early spring of 2020, the United States has become the global epicenter of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Little is known if…
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